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The monument west of Newton Kyme is a complex palimpsest of prehistoric and Romano-British occupation in North Yorkshire. The site comprises a Neolithic henge monument, Bronze Age barrows, an Iron Age enclosure, and a sequence of Roman military installations including two forts and two camps, alongside a civilian settlement or vicus that serviced the garrison. The Roman installations reflect the strategic importance of this location during the military campaigns and subsequent occupation of northern Britain, likely spanning the first and second centuries AD. The superimposition of these successive phases of activity demonstrates the long-term significance of this landscape and its repeated appropriation for defensive and administrative purposes across more than three millennia.
Two Roman forts, two Roman camps, vicus, Iron Age enclosure, Bronze Age barrows and Neolithic henge monument west of Newton Kyme is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017693. View the official record →
The monument west of Newton Kyme is a complex palimpsest of prehistoric and Romano-British occupation in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017693.
Two Roman forts, two Roman camps, vicus, Iron Age enclosure, Bronze Age barrows and Neolithic henge monument west of Newton Kyme 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 1017693.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lord Dacre's Cross or Towton Cross on the west side of the B1217, 1km south west of Towton (6.6 km), Linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, extending 770m east from Humphrey Dale Cottage (6.9 km), Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage (7.3 km).
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