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Excavation of an early medieval structure in Upper Pasture, Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire |
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Ingleborough Archaeology Group unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Earthwork remains of a small rectangular, stone-built structure were identified by field walking in Upper Pasture to the west of the hamlet of Selside in Upper Ribblesdale. Whereas received knowledge - or educated hypothesising - has suggested that many archaeological sites in Upper Ribblesdale are most probably of Romano-British date, none has been firmly dated. Excavationof the structure was conceived with the aim of testing the hypothesis that it was an early medieval sheiling associated with transhumance stock rearing rather than a Romano-British building. Significant quantities of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age chert, some of it worked, were recovered from within the structure but radiocarbon dating of two charcoal samples impressed into the floor within the building produced identical calibrated AMS dates of AD680-780, thereby confirming the building's early medieval provenance. |
Author: |
D L Johnson
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Ingleborough Archaeology Group
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Upper Pasture |
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North Yorkshire |
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Craven |
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HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE |
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England |
Grid Reference: 377665, 474103 (Easting, Northing)
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01 Feb 2018 |