<< Our Photo Pages >> Fortress Dyke camp - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Fortress Dyke campCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kirkby Malzeard Nearest Village: Dallowgill
Map Ref: SE1789173178
Latitude: 54.154112N Longitude: 1.727553W
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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Described on PastScape as a probable Iron Age / Romano British square enclosure, formed by a stone rampart with outer ditch. Monuments Record No 50756
A Scheduled site. No. NY/1053 - see Historic England List ID 1004081. Also mentioned in Yorkshire Arch. Journal 46, 1974 Pages 23-33.
A Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead found on site. An Iron Age mace head was found in a wall filling, a short distance away, in 1937. ( Lillian Chandler-Dallowgill Through the Ages )
To the north, an Iron Age field system is recorded, Pastscapes Monument 50771 with large, irregular fields and lynchets defined by large boulder walls. These are now pretty much covered over with heather.
I found this enclosure is very hard to spot from a distance, in fact, until you are on top of it, it’s quite elusive. There are no footpaths to this site. Due to bird-nesting/grouse shooting season, this site is best visited Dec- March. ( No dogs allowed )
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