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*****SWAAG_ID***** | 444 |
Date Entered | 31/01/2012 |
Updated on | 31/01/2012 |
Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
Category | Settlement |
Record Type | Archaeology |
SWAAG Site | Grinton Pastures |
Site Access | Private |
Record Date | 01/11/2011 |
Location | Low Whita |
Civil Parish | Grinton |
Brit. National Grid | SE 0050 9815 |
Altitude | 215m |
Record Name | Low Whita. Settlement above Scabba Wath. |
Record Description | Large enclosed curvilinear platform settlement with associated field system. |
Additional Notes | Plane table surveys of settlement and field system by T.C. Laurie in 1990's by kind permission of Mr Clarkson of Low Whita Farm.
This settlement is a substantial and very well preserved farmstead with arable fields located above a ford across the Swale and may date to the Late Iron Age or period of Roman Occupation. Large platform settlements like this are usually abandoned and reoccupied at different periods. |
Image 1 ID | 2198 Click image to enlarge |
Image 1 Description | Settlement above Scabba Wath from Morley Gate. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/2198.jpg) |
Image 2 ID | 2199 Click image to enlarge |
Image 2 Description | The settlement platform. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/2199.jpg) |
Image 3 ID | 2200 Click image to enlarge |
Image 3 Description | The settlement and field system. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/2200.jpg) |
Image 4 ID | 2201 Click image to enlarge |
Image 4 Description | The settlement and field system from Scabba Wath Bridge. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/2201.jpg) |
Image 5 ID | 2202 Click image to enlarge |
Image 5 Description | Elm Pollard at rear scarp of settlement, now long dead, with Andrew Fleming, Oliver Rackham and EAL | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/2202.jpg) |