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Segmented Embanked Pit-Alignments in the North York Moors: A Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

C. A. Lofthouse
C. A. Lofthouse*
Affiliation:
RCHME. Line Building, Haymarket Lane, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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Abstract

This report describes a group of distinctive earthworks in the north-east of the North York Moors (fig. 1) that, prior to investigation by the RCHME, had been categorised as double pit-alignments. The earthworks consist of two or three pairs of pits, with the spoil from the pits spread into parallel enclosing banks. The orientation of the segments is fairly consistent along an axis north-west to south-east; in each case there seems to be a tangential alignment on burial mounds, putatively Bronze Age in date, which may give a clue as to their age and function.

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Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , 1993 , pp. 383 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1993

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