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Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone

England
List entry 1017305
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017305
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.64 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 74473 10662
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor is a prehistoric linear arrangement of pits located on moorland in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a series of regularly spaced shallow pits that form a defined line across the landscape, a characteristic feature of later Bronze Age or Iron Age date. Such pit alignments are thought to have functioned as territorial markers or boundaries, dividing land parcels across open moorland. The feature survives as an archaeological earthwork and represents an important example of prehistoric land management practices in the upland regions of northern England.

Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017305. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone?

Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor is a prehistoric linear arrangement of pits located on moorland in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017305.

Who is responsible for protecting Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone?

Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone 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 1017305.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm (7.1 km), Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm (7.6 km), Round barrows and entrenchments on Egton High Moor (8 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm
7.1 km
Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm
7.6 km
Round barrows and entrenchments on Egton High Moor
8 km
Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm
8.1 km
Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor
8.5 km
Peat Hill round cairn 575m north west of Pannierman Bridgestone, on Glaisdale High Moor
9 km
Flat Howe round barrow 790m south east of Pannierman Bridgestone, on the eastern sidee of Glaisdale High Moor
9.6 km
Cairns on In Moor, Struntry Carr
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone

Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Pit alignment on Black Dike Moor, 800m south west of Nan Stone

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