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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) - Misc. Earthwork in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Sunny100 on Saturday, 11 December 2010  Page Views: 6148

Multi-periodSite Name: Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) Alternative Name: Cobers Laithe Settlement (Swinden)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Skipton  Nearest Village: Paythorne
Map Ref: SD86695340
Latitude: 53.976489N  Longitude: 2.204421W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa)
Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) submitted by Sunny100 : Iron-Age Camp/Settlement at Cobers Laithe near Nappa. Photo taken 18.10.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Earthwork in Yorkshire (North). Cobers Laithe Camp an ancient earthwork lies about 3 miles north-east of Paythorne - just off a country lane half a mile east of the hamlet of Nappa. Just up the lane is Ash Tree farm. The site is located in a farmers field by a footpath. But at ground level it is difficult to make out and you will need to walk around the site until its outline becomes visible.

Not a great deal is known about the earthwork but roughly it is rectangular shaped and measures about 100x150 feet. The northern and western sides of the earthwork have a slight ditch, whereas the southern side has a low rampart of sorts. Much erosion has taken place and farming has obviously damaged the earthwork.

The camp or settlement probably dates from the Iron Age, though it may have been inhabited in the Roman period as well. The site does not appear to have been excavated. However, at nearby Castle Haugh there is a Bronze-Age barrow where several collared, earthenware urns were dug-up, and just north of Park House, Paythorne, two Bronze-Age axeheads were found.

This site is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 45526, which says this is the ill-defined remains of a banked, ditched, non-defensive enclosure, likely to be an pastoral enclosure (for sheep or cattle) of Iron Age date.

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Cobers Laithe Earthwork, Swinden, Near Nappa, North Yorkshire, which includes photographs, a description, background information and a discussion as to its age and use, and a list of reference sources for more information.
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Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa)
Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) submitted by Sunny100 : Cobers Laithe Iron-Age Camp/Settlement near Nappa. Visible earthworks. Photo taken on 18.10.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa)
Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) submitted by Sunny100 : Iron Age Camp/Settlement at Cobers Laithe near Nappa. Earthworks visible. Photo taken on 18.10.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa)
Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) submitted by Sunny100 : Iron-Age Camp/Settlement at Cobers Laithe near Nappa. Photo taken on 18.10.10. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa)
Cobers Laithe Camp (Nappa) submitted by Sunny100 : Iron-Age Camp/Settlement at Cobers Laithe near Nappa. Photo taken 18.10.10. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SD8653 : Enclosure on Swinden Moor by John Slater
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SD8653 : Looking north through field gate from minor road west of Swinden Moor Head by Roger Templeman
by Roger Templeman
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SD8653 : Road east of Hills Hey by Alexander P Kapp
by Alexander P Kapp
©2013(licence)
SD8653 : Field gateway on south side rural road west of Swinden Moor Head Farm by Luke Shaw
by Luke Shaw
©2020(licence)
SD8653 : Track through recently mown hayfield near to Swinden Moor Head by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
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