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Multi-periodSite Name: Green Plain settlementCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Otley Nearest Village: Blubberhouses
Map Ref: SE14925378
Latitude: 53.979867N Longitude: 1.773991W
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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On the banks of Sun Bank Gill and with at least one spring in the area, so well sited, though it is all fairly bleak moorland these days. Just upstream is a large and curiously shaped boulder, the Eagle Stone, with potential cup marks on top, though these could be natural. Both sites are marked on Ordnance Survey maps.
For more information see The Northern Antiquarian's entry for Green Plain, Blubberhouses Moor, North Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding the site, together with a 1946 ground-plan, photographs and a brief archaeology & history.
Pastscape Monument No. 50461 also records this site, summarising it a "Two irregular-shaped enclosures of boulder walling - possibly denuded sheepfolds or plausibly an Iron Age settlement", adding these are: "two irregular-shaped enclosures each about 30.0m by 20.0m and formed in the main by random boulder walling up to 0.8m high, although in at least one place there is evidence of coursing. One of the enclosures has a well-defined entrance in the SE. There are no recognizable hut sites, but it cannot be assumed that none existed. The enclosures are set in an area of rock and loose boulders which shows no sign of attempted clearance for cultivation. It is likely, therefore, that the external walling ... represents remnants of additional enclosures rather than field boundaries. The age of the site is uncertain. Its position (on low ground by a stream), and the shape of the enclosures suggests denuded sheepfolds. Lack of firm habitation evidence makes its acceptance as an early settlement difficult, but this aspect cannot be dismissed, and in this case an IA dating seems most appropriate."
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