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Submitted by johndhunter on Friday, 21 August 2020  Page Views: 985

Multi-periodSite Name: Great Ayton Moor HC1
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Great Ayton
Map Ref: NZ5987711340
Latitude: 54.493867N  Longitude: 1.077087W
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.
3 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
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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
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Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Hut Circle (HC1) at NZ 59877 11340 - Viewed looking south westerly, May 2019. The obelisk on the skyline mid left of centre is Captain Cooks Monument on Easby Moor. (Vote or comment on this photo)
An iron age enclosure within which is an oval hut circle sited on the plateau of the south eastern part of Great Ayton Moor. Overlooking Lonsdale it was built around 100 – 300 B.C. or earlier, its original and probably main function throughout its use was pastoral though pollen analysis indicates that the fields subsequentially built around the enclosure were for arable use providing evidence for mixed farming in its later years

It is almost square in plan, 58m east-west and 60m north-south. The bank is made of stone and earth, 0.6m high and 3.5m wide with an entrance roughly midway along its eastern side, with a faint trackway leading from it. Within the bank there is a ditch 0.5m below ground level and 3m wide, interrupted only by the entrance. Its purpose is not fully understood, maybe for drainage or quite simply just to help keep the stock with the enclosure. Also within the main bank and ditch there are in places smaller banks, along the south side and north east and north west corners of the enclosure, 0.3m high and 3m wide again there purpose were probably just to help with stock retention.

The hut circle, oval in shape, 11m x 8m is just off centre at NZ 59877 11340 in the south east quadrant of the enclosure.
With stone walls it was originally stone paved and the floor levelled, it also had a much used central hearth. Post holes indicate that it was fitted with an entrance porch on its eastern side, however there is no surrounding drainage ditch usually associated with this type of abode. However a drainage channel to the north within the enclosure may have served this purpose.

During excavation of the hut in the 1970’s a cup and ring stone was found being used as part of the flooring located between the hearth and the entrance. It has a single large ring and small cup, the ring being 15cm external diameter and the cup 3cm diameter. Also found was a flat sandstone slab. marked with linear grooves. The location of these stones according to Brown and Chappel* is unknown though an unprovenanced stone in the Dorman Museum (Middlesbrough) matches the description.

*Prehistoric Rock Art in the North York Moors (2012, page 146)

My main source for the above information is from a paper by Tinkler and Spratt entitled “An Iron Age Enclosure on Great Ayton Moor, North Yorkshire” published in the 1978 Yorkshire Archaeological Journal volume 50 pages 49 – 56. At the end of the paper they also state that all their finds from the excavation were deposited in the Dorman Museum so it is highly likely that the unprovenanced stone is indeed the one from the hut circle.

Note 1: Because of its relatively large size it is difficult to get an overall view of the enclosure with a camera and virtually impossible in the summer when its covered in bracken (spring is the best time to visit). However it stands out quite clearly in aerial view (e.g. Google Earth) which can be accessed directly from this site page by clicking the appropriate external link above this description.

Note 2: The map reference given in the site page description is for the hut circle within the enclosure.
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Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : This is a very basic sketch map (not to scale) showing the relationship between the Hut Circle (HC1) within the Enclosure and some of the other features on Great Ayton Moor HC1 – Iron Age Hut Circle (NZ59877 11340) and Enclosure (NZ59862 11347) HC2 – Bronze Age / Iron Age Hut Circle or possible Ring Cairn (NZ 59736 11291) HC3 – Bronze Age Hut Circle (NZ 59273 11231) – Barely disc... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Hut Circle (HC1) at NZ 59877 11340 - Viewed looking northerly, April 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Hut Circle (HC1) at NZ 59877 11340 - Viewed looking westerly, May 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Hut Circle (HC1) at NZ 59877 11340 - Viewed looking towards Easby Moor, April 2019. Some of the banks on the south side of the enclosure can also be clearly seen in this view. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 - Jumble of stones around and mainly within the ditch to the south side of the eastern entrance to the enclosure, May 2019. Viewed looking along the internal ditch towards the south eastern corner of the enclosure.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – Viewed looking towards Lonsdale from within the Enclosure, April 2019. The iron age huts on Percy Cross Rigg at NZ 60999 11551 though relatively close by would not have been visible, a slight rise in the ground just to the west of these huts precludes this.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – Stood on the eastern bank, north east corner, looking north, April 2019.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – Stood in the ditch, north east corner, looking north, May 2019.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – External view of the north east corner, viewed looking towards Captain Cooks Monument on Easby Moor, May 2019

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 - North west corner looking east, October 2018.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 - North west corner looking east, May 2019.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Great Ayton Moor Plateau viewed from Lonsdale, May 2019. This view gives some context of the landscape that the settlement is within, it sits on top of the plateau towards the south eastern end.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – Stood at the north west corner, looking south along the west side of the enclosure, May 2019.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 - South west corner, looking west, May 2019

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – Stood in the ditch, southern side, looking west, May 2019.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 –South east corner, looking east, May 2019.

Great Ayton Moor HC1
Great Ayton Moor HC1 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosure at NZ 59862 11347 – South east corner, looking south, April 2019

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Re: Great Ayton Moor HC3 by johndhunter on Friday, 21 August 2020
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Admin – Could you please rename this site Great Ayton Moor HC1 not HC3, I made error when submitting site. This needs to be done before I can upload pics, otherwise it will cause confusion.
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    Re: Great Ayton Moor HC3 by Anonymous on Friday, 21 August 2020
    OK that's no problem, now fixed. Thanks for waiting indeed!
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