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Threshfield Henge 1 (northern)

England
List entry 1492322
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1492322
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.35 hectares
Grid reference
SD9879564352
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Threshfield Henge 1 is a Neolithic henge monument located in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire. The site comprises a circular earthwork defined by a ditch and internal bank, characteristic of henges constructed during the Neolithic period, likely dating to the third millennium BCE. As one of several henge monuments in the Threshfield area, it represents evidence of ritual and ceremonial activity in the upland regions of northern England during prehistoric times. The monument survives as an archaeological earthwork, though its precise original dimensions and any internal features have been subject to modification through agricultural activity and landscape change over subsequent millennia.

Threshfield Henge 1 (northern) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1492322. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Threshfield Henge 1 (northern)?

Threshfield Henge 1 is a Neolithic henge monument located in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1492322.

Who is responsible for protecting Threshfield Henge 1 (northern)?

Threshfield Henge 1 (northern) 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 1492322.

What other scheduled monuments are near Threshfield Henge 1 (northern)?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge (1.4 km), Redmayne packhorse bridge (1.9 km), Linton churchyard cross and sundial (2.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge
1.4 km
Redmayne packhorse bridge
1.9 km
Linton churchyard cross and sundial
2.1 km
Medieval farmstead and field system, 530m south east of The Grange
2.5 km
Churchyard cross, Burnsall
5.3 km
Ring cairn 430m south west of Wood End
6.6 km
Ring cairn on Kail Hill 380m north east of High Woodhouse.
6.7 km
Calton Gill round cairn
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Threshfield Henge 1 (northern)

Threshfield Henge 1 (northern) stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

Domesday entry for Threshfield, Yorkshire →
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