<< Our Photo Pages >> Dacre Top - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Dacre TopCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.987 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Pateley Bridge Nearest Village: Dacre
Map Ref: SE179599
Latitude: 54.034777N Longitude: 1.728195W
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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The exposed nature of the site means that any soil cover will have been lost and it is likely that stone has been removed for other purposes by a succession of settlements and industrial activity. No detailed investigation of the cairn has yet taken place.
The most complete prehistoric feature is less ancient, being a Bronze Age barrow. Its characteristic shape is not apparent from some viewpoints, especially from public roads and until recently it was generally considered to be a natural feature. We now know that this is not the case although a natural rock outcrop has been incorporated and the strength of that rock is one of the reasons why it remains in place today. The rock has been shaped by splitting off layers of stone on the north side, giving the impression of a series of shallow steps that were then covered with soil to produce the distinctive profile of the barrow. The outcrop was too small to provide the complete barrow mound so the profile of the south side has been created by soil covered by a layer of carefully placed stones that have protected the barrow against erosion by wind and rain. There are no other similar features nearby today but there are prominent hilltops nearby that may have been similarly used only to have their structures destroyed by weather or human hand.
Read more in Prehistoric Dacre (link to PDF on that page) by J Brophy, Gillian Hovell and the Iron Age Nidderdale team.
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