<< Our Photo Pages >> Thornborough S - Henge in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Thornborough SCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Masham Nearest Village: West Tanfield
Map Ref: SE28947884 Landranger Map Number: 99
Latitude: 54.204496N Longitude: 1.557835W
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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TheCaptain visited on 27th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Travelling home from Northumberland, and the weather forecast was good, so I decided to go the eastern route and break my journey to have a look at the Thornborough Henges. After a drive around several small roads, I found a place to park with access to the fields between the southern and central henges. I decided to go walk around the henges, and started with the southern one, a fair walk on a blowy day, but nice when the sun came out. The large henge is not so well formed as I had expected, no doubt worn down over the centuries, and not much to see other than the circular bank; the internal ditch is barely noticeable.
kthdsn visited on 13th Jun 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
Richard13 visited on 1st Jan 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.33 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.33
Note: The future of the central and southern henges is more secure as they are gifted by Tarmac (yes them of the giant quarry) into the legal ownership of Historic England, to be managed by English Heritage
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