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

 Interesting places to visit, places to stay, good walking areas in the North York Moors National Park

Often nothing spectacular, but small prehistoric archaeological and historic items occasionally appear in the landscape when out walking over the tracks and heather-bracken clad moorland the North Yorkshire, or cycling or motoring along the quiet country roads of the dales. These items should make you think of life in the North Yorkshire Moors tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago. There are also many churches and other buildings in the towns and villages stretching back over 1000 years of history and archaeology items well worth pausing for a visit.

1. Ancient standing stone and field wall above Westerdale Village

2. Standing stone and dyke on Castleton-Blakey Ridge road

3. Standing stone in ring cairn on Danby Rigg

4. The 'archaeological' area north of Danby Beacon

5. A bit of archaeology above Baysdale

6. Sleddale's bit of archaeology

7. Danby Castle

8. Medieval Duck Bridge Danby-Fryup

9. Beggar's Bridge Glaisdale

10. Westerdale Bridge

11. Crosses in the Castleton and Danby Area and other 'stone markers' in the same landscape

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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,howes) megalithic standing stone alignments of the 4000+ years of very ancient prehistoric archaeology, prehistoric items in the landscape well worth pausing for a visit.   *  page updated June 16th 2009  *  EMAIL Phil Brown *  www.docbrown.info/docspics/idig  *  pictures © Phil Brown docspics of this area of North Yorkshire, Northern England   * How does radio-carbon dating work? *

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