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MEMORY LANE: Curious South Craven site was 'supply line' for a Medieval treat


ON the hillside south of the village of Sutton-in-Craven is an unusual level area of land.
Topographically it is known as a slump and appeared when the land slipped and settled after the permafrost melted at the end of the last Ice Age.
It lies below the road that passes Lund’s Tower (Sutton Pinnacle) and just above High Jackfield Farm.
As well as being a topographical anomaly it is also the site of several curious earthworks, two long mounds each about two feet in height and a square earthwork surrounded by a ditch and with an open central area, like a small courtyard. A third long, low mound lies a short distance below the slump above High Jackfield. ....

Long Preston , North Yorkshire , United Kingdom , Coney Garth , Malsis Hall , Francis Villy , Keighley Museum , British Museum , Cross Hills Naturalist Society , Sutton Pinnacle , High Jackfield , South Craven , High Jackfield Farm , Norton Tower , Giant Graves , நீண்டது ப்ரெஸ்டந் , வடக்கு யார்க்ஷயர் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , கோநீ கார்த் , க்லீ அருங்காட்சியகம் , பிரிட்டிஷ் அருங்காட்சியகம் , சுட்டன் உச்சம் , தெற்கு க்ரேவந் , நார்டன் கோபுரம் , ராட்சத கல்லறைகள் ,

MEMORY LANE: Curious Craven site was 'supply line' for a Medieval treat


ON the hillside south of the village of Sutton-in-Craven is an unusual level area of land.
Topographically it is known as a slump and appeared when the land slipped and settled after the permafrost melted at the end of the last Ice Age.
It lies below the road that passes Lund’s Tower (Sutton Pinnacle) and just above High Jackfield Farm.
As well as being a topographical anomaly it is also the site of several curious earthworks, two long mounds each about two feet in height and a square earthwork surrounded by a ditch and with an open central area, like a small courtyard. A third long, low mound lies a short distance below the slump above High Jackfield. ....

Long Preston , North Yorkshire , United Kingdom , Coney Garth , Malsis Hall , Francis Villy , Keighley Museum , British Museum , Cross Hills Naturalist Society , Sutton Pinnacle , High Jackfield , South Craven , High Jackfield Farm , Norton Tower , Giant Graves , நீண்டது ப்ரெஸ்டந் , வடக்கு யார்க்ஷயர் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , கோநீ கார்த் , க்லீ அருங்காட்சியகம் , பிரிட்டிஷ் அருங்காட்சியகம் , சுட்டன் உச்சம் , தெற்கு க்ரேவந் , நார்டன் கோபுரம் , ராட்சத கல்லறைகள் ,