Fragments of Archaeology and Glimpses of History in the Landscapes of the North York Moors

13. Sleddale

Wild and lonely Sleddale despite starting from close to the Commondale-Kildale road

The best preserved remains of five prehistoric iron age hut circles above Sleddale

Plaque near the iron age hut circles preserved as a tribute to their excavator Roland S. Close (1908-1978. The five huts probably date from the 1st century AD and are the only ones to have been found in North-East Yorkshire.

The Cleveland Hills viewed west from above Sleddale on a winter evening, nice looking at from your hut!

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* Small prehistoric and historic items occasionally appear in the 'archaeological' landscapes and townscapes and there are many historic and ancient churches and other buildings in these towns and villages rich in history in and around the moorland, with their own extensive prehistory-archaeology stretching back over 1000 years of history and as well as the tumuli (burial mounds) megalithic standing stone alignments of the 4000+ years of very ancient prehistoric archaeology, items in the landscape well worth pausing for a visit.   *  page updated July 20th 2008  *  EMAIL Phil Brown  *  images snapshots photographs pictures views scenes views pics photos snaps webshots © Phil Brown docspics of this area of North Yorkshire, North of England