Burnsall Peat Pits

Burnsall Peat Pits is an archaeological site in Thorpe, Craven District, England. Burnsall Peat Pits is situated nearby to the peak Onion Hill, as well as near Thorpe Peat Pits.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thorpe Fell Top and Upper Barden Reservoir.

Thorpe Fell Top

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thorpe Fell Top is the top of the hill of Burnsall and Thorpe Fell in the Yorkshire Dales, itself forming part of a larger wedge of ground between Wharfedale and Skipton.

Upper Barden Reservoir is an upland fresh water reservoir, one of two reservoirs that collect water from Barden Moor, and dam Barden Beck, a tributary of the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.

St Wilfrid’s Church, Burnsall

Church

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

St Wilfrid's Church is the parish church of Burnsall, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Local legend holds that Saint Wilfrid visited Burnsall in the late 7th century, and preached from a rock by the River Wharfe. St Wilfrid’s Church, Burnsall is situated 2 miles northeast of Burnsall Peat Pits.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnsall and Drebley.

Burnsall

Village

Photo: Alethe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, and is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Burnsall is situated 1½ miles northeast of Burnsall Peat Pits.

Drebley

Hamlet

Photo: P Gaskell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drebley is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles east of Burnsall Peat Pits.

Appletreewick

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Appletreewick is a village and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England, 7 miles north-east of Skipton. Appletreewick is in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, a popular place for visitors, especially in the summer months, on the banks of the River Wharfe. Appletreewick is situated 2½ miles east of Burnsall Peat Pits.

Burnsall Peat Pits

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Thorpe, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.02832° or 54° 1′ 42″ north

Longitude

-1.97807° or 1° 58′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C6W22HC+8Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 206519327

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Highlights include Onion Hill and Thorpe Peat Pits.

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