Earthworks
Earthworks is an archaeological site in Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, Richmondshire District, England. Earthworks is situated nearby to the reservoir Harker Dam, as well as near the archaeological site Hut Circle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maiden Castle and Swaledale Museum.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a scheduled monument. The name Maiden Castle is not unique to the site and occurs in several other places in Britain and probably means a "fortification that looks impregnable" or one that has never been taken in battle. Maiden Castle is situated 3,300 feet north of Earthworks.
Swaledale Museum
Museum
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Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Swaledale Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Earthworks.
Grinton Smelt Mill
Archaeological site
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Grinton Smelt Mill is a ruined lead mining and processing site on Cogden Moor, south of Grinton in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. The site was built in its present form c. 1820 for the specific purpose of processing lead won by hushing and hydraulic mining. Grinton Smelt Mill is situated 1½ miles east of Earthworks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Healaugh and Reeth.
Healaugh
Hamlet
Photo: Charles Rawding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Healaugh is a small village in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. part of the county of North Yorkshire, England and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth.
Reeth
Village
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reeth is a village 11 miles west of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale. Reeth is situated 1½ miles northeast of Earthworks.
Fremington
Hamlet
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Fremington is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is almost joined to Reeth and Grinton. It is split into Low Fremington, which is built along the B6270, and High Fremington, which is a scattering of houses running up towards Fremington Edge. Fremington is situated 1½ miles northeast of Earthworks.
Earthworks
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.36975° or 54° 22′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.96223° or 1° 57′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C6W929Q+W4OpenStreetMap ID
way 41496974OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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