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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
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