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<< Text Pages >> Nunwick Henge - Henge in England in Yorkshire (North)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nunwick Henge
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Ripon  Nearest Village: Nunwick
Map Ref: SE3229274837  Landranger Map Number: 99
Latitude: 54.168321N  Longitude: 1.506877W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
0No data.
no data 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
0no data
5

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Henge, vaguely visible as crop marks in aerial view.

For more information see Pastscape monument no. 53761

This monument is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1012724, which tells us: "The monument includes a henge monument lying on a gravel terrace north of the River Ure in the Vale of Mowbray. The monument comprises a subcircular enclosure surrounded by a bank and internal ditch with two opposing entrances on the northern and southern sides. The bank is much reduced, but still visible in places as a slight earthwork. The internal diameter of the enclosure ranges from 97m to 100m and the external diameter from 200m to 210m. The bank is up to 18m wide with entrances 15m wide on the northern side and 8m wide on the southern side. Excavations in 1961 revealed the ditch to be 13.7m wide and 1.8m deep. The monument is one of a series of henge monuments located in the Vale of Mowbray."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for Nunwick Henge, Ripon, North Yorkshire, which has a detailed archaeology & history, an early aerial photograph of the henge and a ground plan from 1963.

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SE3274 : Henge Site, near Nunwick by Peter Crump
by Peter Crump
©2006(licence)
SE3274 : Henge Site, near Nunwick by Peter Crump
by Peter Crump
©2006(licence)
SE3274 : Site of a henge by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2013(licence)
SE3274 : Road north of Nunwick by Ian S
by Ian S
©2020(licence)
SE3274 : Daffodils north of Nunwick by DS Pugh
by DS Pugh
©2021(licence)

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Nunwick Henge HD Aerial Shot, ​Elevation projection and KML files by Andy B on Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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Yorkshire Archaeological Aerial Mapping write: Nunwick is the third of the Henges forming the alignment from the Devils arrows in Boroughbridge up to the great henge alignment at Thornborough.
There is no sign of the henge on the ground or from the air, indeed it was only rediscovered post world war 2 from crop marks spotted from an aerial surveys,.

However, despite the face the earthworks have totally vanished the ground mapping process reveals not only the location of the henge but can interpret enough detail to show the banks, the ditches and the entryways of this remarkable Bronze age temple.

Despite the almost total destruction of the henge YAA can still reveal lost features in our landscape.

On their page they have an HD Aerial Shot, ​Elevation projection and KML files
http://www.yaamapping.co.uk/nunwick-henge.html
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Re: Nunwick Henge by coldrum on Sunday, 28 June 2009
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Pastscape site information:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=53761
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