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Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone

England
List entry 1020681
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020681
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SE 87400 90020
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl is an earthwork monument located in Yorkshire, situated approximately 400 metres west of the Adder Stone. The enclosure dates to the medieval period and represents evidence of organised rabbit and game management on the moorland landscape. The monument survives as an irregular earthwork defined by banks and ditches, characteristic of medieval warrens that were established to support the hunting and trapping of rabbits and other quarry for food and fur. Such enclosures formed an important component of medieval manorial economy and land use in upland regions.

Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020681. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone?

Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl is an earthwork monument located in Yorkshire, situated approximately 400 metres west of the Adder Stone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020681.

Who is responsible for protecting Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone?

Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone 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 1020681.

What other scheduled monuments are near Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (5.6 km), Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (5.7 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (5.8 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

Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House
5.6 km
Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
5.7 km
Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage
5.8 km
Prehistoric linear boundary in Ellerburn Wood, 370m north west of St Hilda's Church
6.4 km
Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
6.6 km
Allerston lime kilns
6.9 km
Churchyard cross, immediately south of St Mary the Virgin's Church
6.9 km
Medieval settlement immediately south east of Ebberston Hall
7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone

Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Warrening enclosure at Longdale Howl, 400m west of the Adder Stone

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~8.3 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Lockton, Yorkshire →
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