Henge of Yarnbury
The Henge of Yarnbury is east of Moor Lane, south of the hamlet of Yarnbury, northeast of Grassington in North Yorkshire , England .
The Henge [ hɛndʒ ] (also henge monument ) is located on a small plateau, surrounded by low hills, with an unobstructed view over Grassington. The henge is comparatively tiny, with an inner area of 20 to 22 meters in diameter, which is surrounded by a ditch about 3.5 meters wide, and an outer rampart three to four meters wide, up to a height of about half a meter is preserved. The wall is made of stone and earth and is covered with lawn. A single entrance in the southeast was damaged by the quarries.
It's a mini version of the henge from Castle Dykes , about 14 miles north. J. Barrett of Castle Dyke was first mentioned in 1929 as Disc barrow, 32 years later introduced the Yarnbury Henge as a "circular platform" in archaeological literature. In 1965, DP Dymond described the henge in detail. Henges are assigned to the late Neolithic Age with Grooved Ware ceramics.
Near Grassington are the Druid's Altar stone circle , Cove Hole and Heights Cave .
literature
- J. Barrett: Grassington, WR In: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, part 161, 1963.
- DP Dymond: Grassington, WR In: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, part 163, 1965.
- AF Harding: Henge Monuments and Related Sites of Great Britain, BAR 175: Oxford 1987.
- Jan Harding: The Henge Monuments of the British Isles, Tempus: Stroud 2003 ISBN 0752425080
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Superhenges
Web links
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Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '4.7 " N , 1 ° 58' 48" W.