Stirton Pits

Stirton Pits is an archaeological site in Embsay with Eastby, Craven District, England. Stirton Pits is situated nearby to the spring Watkinson Well, as well as near the peak West Harts Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embsay Reservoir and Norton Tower.

Embsay Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Neil T, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Embsay Reservoir is located above the village of Embsay, near Skipton in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water, and supplies water to the north and west of Skipton, feeding 25,000 homes. It has a dam height of 24 m.

Norton Tower

Archaeological site

Norton Tower is a ruined building near Rylstone, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed as a hunting lodge with space for banqueting, probably in about 1540. Norton Tower is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Stirton Pits.

Upper Barden Reservoir

Reservoir

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. Upper Barden Reservoir is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stirton Pits.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Embsay and Rylstone.

Embsay

Village

Photo: John Winterbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Embsay is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is paired with the neighbouring hamlet of Eastby to form the civil parish of Embsay with Eastby. Embsay is situated 2 miles southeast of Stirton Pits.

Rylstone

Village

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Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. Rylstone is situated 2 miles northwest of Stirton Pits.

Hetton

Village

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Hetton is a small Dales village in the civil parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 5.75 miles north of Skipton by the B6265 road. Hetton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Stirton Pits.

Stirton Pits

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

54.00292° or 54° 0′ 11″ north

Longitude

-2.01236° or 2° 0′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C6V2X3Q+53

OpenStreetMap ID

way 702386271

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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