This settlement in North Yorkshire consists of the remains of five Iron Age hut circles which have both internal and external hearths, surrounded by drainage ditches and a cooking pit to the north of hut B. Air photography also shows that it lay at the mid point of the western side of a rectangular field 300ft in length that will be associated with it. It lies about 500 yds. to the south east of Percy Cross and immediately to the east of the road which runs along the rigg. The road sits on what is almost certainly an ancient prehistoric route, settlements and various earthworks along and either side of this route are evidence of this, in mediaeval times it ran from Guisborough to Westerdale and was known as the Ernaldsti.
Published on August 08, 2020 14:08
