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Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill is an Iron Age monument located approximately 250 metres north of Horse Close Farm in Yorkshire. The settlement consists of a subcircular enclosure defined by a substantial bank and ditch, a characteristic defensive feature of Iron Age communities in northern Britain. The site represents evidence of prehistoric settlement and land organisation typical of the later first millennium before Christ, when such enclosed settlements served as the focal points of domestic and pastoral activity across the Yorkshire landscape.
Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015629. View the official record →
Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill is an Iron Age monument located approximately 250 metres north of Horse Close Farm in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015629.
Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close 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 1015629.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock in wall at High Snaygill 80m east of High Laithe (0.6 km), Carved rock on bank at side of track opposite Garth House, 60m south west of Snaygill Farm (0.8 km), Cup and ring marked rock 150m west of Low Edge Farm, Bradley Moor (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.