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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Batty Wife HoleCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Village: Gearstones / Ribblehead Viaduct
Map Ref: SD76227895
Latitude: 54.205738N Longitude: 2.366067W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ring Cairn in Yorkshire (North)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) gives details of this intriguingly named, but now lost, ring cairn, which was first described by Harry Height in 1892. The TNA page for Batty Wife Hole, Ribblehead, North Yorkshire gives directions about where this site is located, along with some archaeology and history of the area immediately surrounding.
Interestingly, whilst there is no entry on Pastscape for this exact location, there is an listing for a group of prehistoric hut circles and enclosures with a grid reference of SD 7609 7881 - see Monument No. 1059972 - which is around 190 metres away from the ring cairn described above.
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