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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 775
 Date Entered 05/02/2014
 Updated on 05/02/2014
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Settlement
 Record Type Archaeology
 SWAAG Site Cogden Hall
 Site Access Private
 Record Date 05/02/2014
 Location Stollerston Stile. Walled pastures on both Grinton and Ellerton Abbey sides of the Parish boundary wall at Stollerston Stile.
 Civil Parish Grinton
 Brit. National Grid SE 059 977
 Altitude 200m
 Geology Morainic drift over quarried flagstones.
 Record Name Stone walled settlements and associated rectangular field system at Stollerston Stile.
 Record Description Settlements and associated field system in the walled pastures at 200m AOD on both Grinton and Ellerton Abbey sides of the Parish Boundary centred at Stollerston Stile photographed under light snow conditions. The settlement cores include visible round house bases. Unsurveyed.
 Dimensions See photos
 Additional Notes The settlement enclosures and stone embanked field boundaries within the present day pastures on the Grinton side of the Parish Boundary are reasonably well preserved. Settlement enclosures and field banks on the Ellerton side of the Parish Boundary have been slighted by stone quarrying activity but nevertheless are reasonably well preserved.
 Image 1 ID 5037         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Settlement cores and associated field system centred at Stollerston Stile. Photographed under powder snow conditions from Reels Head.
 Image 2 ID 5038         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description 
 
 
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