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Ribblehead railway construction camp is a complex of archaeological remains located near Settle in North Yorkshire, associated with the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway line during the 1870s and 1880s. The site contains evidence of workers' accommodation and ancillary structures erected to support the labour force engaged in this major Victorian engineering project, one of the most challenging railway constructions of its era. Overlaying these nineteenth-century remains are traces of a prehistoric field system, indicating that the landscape bore evidence of human organisation and agricultural use in earlier periods. The monument thus represents a palimpsest of land use spanning from prehistoric times through to the industrial age.
Ribblehead railway construction camp and prehistoric field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015726. View the official record →
Ribblehead railway construction camp is a complex of archaeological remains located near Settle in North Yorkshire, associated with the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway line during the 1870s and 1880s. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015726.
Ribblehead railway construction camp and prehistoric field system 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 1015726.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Sleights Pasture (1.2 km), Settlement on Gauber High Pasture Rock (1.2 km), Settlement on Gauber Cow Pasture Rocks (1.5 km).
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