Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation

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History & significance

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 →

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