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Multi-periodSite Name: Quarry Hill (Leeds)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.296 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Leeds
Map Ref: SE309336
Latitude: 53.797794N Longitude: 1.532365W
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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Ancient Village or Settlement in Yorkshire (West)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this now destroyed settlement, which now lies under the centre of Leeds - see their entry for Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, which says: "Absolutely nothing is left of the large series of ancient earthworks that were reported to have existed near the very centre of Leeds by Ralph Thoresby, James Wardell and others in the 18th and 19th centuries."
TNA quotes from James Wardell's work of 1853: "Traces of a prior occupation were, until recently, observable on the summit of Quarry-hill, along the western edge of which ran an earthwork of considerable length and magnitude, and of semi-circular form."
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