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Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications

Stanwick Iron Age settlement gets its fame from the massive and complex multiphased iron age earthworks surrounding the tiny village of Aldborough St. John

Well worth a visit, the fortifications are in places still substantial enough to give a general idea of the time and effort required to construct.

Whist opinion is still divided as to the reason and function of the earthworks they are acknowledged generally to be one of the tribal centers of the Brigantes tribe, whos territory appears to cover substantial parts of what we now call North Yorkshire.

The earthworks have been excavated by the famous Mortimer Wheeler, and a section of "reconstructed" earthwork is available to visit.

The ground mapping process reveals the track of the earthworks and the huge effort and social control that their construction required, but sadly brings us no closer to guessing their function.

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  • Survey Library
    • Medieval Castles & Villages >
      • Middleham Old Castle
      • Marton cum Grafton
      • Wharram Percy
      • Lead Chapel And DMV
      • East Tanfield DMV
      • North Deighton Motte & Bailey
      • Topcliffe Castle
    • Bronze Age Barrows & Enclosures >
      • Kipling House Farm
    • Henges and Barrows >
      • Nunwick Henge
      • Thornborough Henges
      • Cana Barn Henge
      • Hutton Moor Henge
      • Langthorpe Earthworks
    • Abbeys and Islands >
      • Jervaulx Abbey
      • Ellerton Priory
      • Little Ouseburn Tunulii
      • St. Cuthberts Island
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      • Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
      • Newton Kyme Roman Fort
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      • Marston Moor
      • Agincourt Battlefield
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