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Submitted by DavidRaven on Tuesday, 23 November 2004 Page Views: 9019

Multi-periodSite Name: Backstone Beck Enclosure
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ilkley
Map Ref: SE128461
Latitude: 53.910898N Longitude: 1.806635W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3 Access:

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
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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
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**Backstone Beck Enclosure** submitted by DavidRaven : The Backstone Beck enclosure. Editor of Northern Earth, John Billingsley (left) and archeologist/artist Paul Bowers pose for a sense of scale! Mr Bowers' favourite theory as to the use of the enclosure was as a type of 'corral' for animals. The circular feature they are posing in could be a 'caretakers' abode (for a person who tended the animals?). There are no entrances from the 'house' to... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Settlement in West Yorkshire

The publication 'Find the past on Ilkley Moor' (Bradford Metropolitan Council) says this of the site:-
"Known as the Backstone Beck enclosure, this prehistoric site consists of extensive low rubble walling encompassing a small ridge that runs north towards the Backstones Beck ravine. It is now known that the walling belongs to the later Bronze Age (800-500 BC) but there is clear evidence that this area was a favourite camp-site for about two thousand years or more before that.
Many flints, some small fragments of pottery, part of a shale bangle and the rim of a jet cup have been unearthed during excavations on this site. Charcoal from four deposits on the site indicate sporadic use of the site from about 2,500 BC."

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