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Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks at Little Kelk is an ancient monument comprising a series of earthwork features located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of ridge and furrow cultivation remains and associated field systems that demonstrate the medieval agricultural landscape of the region. These earthworks, visible as banks and furrows in the terrain, reflect the intensive arable farming practices employed during the medieval period. The monument is significant as evidence of the organisation and management of agrarian land use in medieval Yorkshire, preserving the physical traces of historical land division and cultivation methods.
Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005202. View the official record →
Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks at Little Kelk is an ancient monument comprising a series of earthwork features located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005202.
Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church (1.6 km), St Martin's collegiate church and medieval standing cross, Lowthorpe (1.8 km), Bowl barrow on Fox Hill (2.5 km).
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