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Roman Ridge is a section of the Stanwick earthwork system, a substantial Iron Age hillfort complex located near Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire. This particular 130-metre stretch lies within Dyson's Plantation and forms part of the defensive linear earthworks associated with the Stanwick fortifications, which date to the later Iron Age, likely constructed during the first century AD. The ridge consists of a raised bank, characteristic of the Stanwick system's multilayered defensive design, which protected a settlement of considerable territorial importance in the pre-Roman period. The earthwork remains an important archaeological monument demonstrating the scale of native British fortification engineering immediately prior to the Roman conquest of northern Britain.
Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004815. View the official record →
Roman Ridge is a section of the Stanwick earthwork system, a substantial Iron Age hillfort complex located near Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004815.
Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation 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 1004815.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm (4.9 km), Old Bridge (5.2 km), Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.