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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: The GarrisCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Gargrave
Map Ref: SD9306153776
Latitude: 53.979995N Longitude: 2.107294W
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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This is appears to be a moated fortified settlement, possibly a pre-1066 Thegn’s Hall. The site, registered as an ancient monument, is in a permanent state of flood, forming a small wetland attracting migrant wildfowl.
The Pennine Way walk skirts the northern boundary. Preliminary investigations using magnetometry indicates the presence of structures on the central "island" together with defensive palisades, possibly of timber.
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