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Star Carr is a submerged Mesolithic settlement site located in the Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire, which dates to approximately 9000 to 8500 BCE and represents one of the earliest known human occupations in post-glacial Britain. Excavations beginning in the 1940s and continuing into recent decades have revealed extensive evidence of hunter-gatherer activity, including organic remains such as wooden structures, bone and antler tools, and food debris, preserved in waterlogged conditions that are exceptional for the Mesolithic period. The site's assemblages provide crucial information about early settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, and material culture of Mesolithic communities in northern Britain. Star Carr has been subject to ongoing archaeological investigation and is now partially submerged beneath Flixton Lake, making it an important but vulnerable record of Britain's earliest post-glacial inhabitants.
Star Carr Early Mesolithic settlement site, 960m NNW of Woodhouse Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1401425. View the official record →
Star Carr is a submerged Mesolithic settlement site located in the Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire, which dates to approximately 9000 to 8500 BCE and represents one of the earliest known human occupations in post-glacial Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1401425.
Star Carr Early Mesolithic settlement site, 960m NNW of Woodhouse Farm 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 1401425.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 800m west of High Fordon Farm (5.2 km), Prior Moor round barrow (5.5 km), Two round barrows NE of Ganton Dale (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Star Carr Early Mesolithic settlement site, 960m NNW of Woodhouse Farm'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.
Star Carr Early Mesolithic settlement site, 960m NNW of Woodhouse Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.