DESK TOP ASSESSMENT

DR JAN HARDING | SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES | UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

CONTENTS

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ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Location, Topography and Geology
1.2 Background
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Summary of Assessment Results
2. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
2.1 The Henge Monuments
2.2 The Cursus Monuments and 'Long Mortuary Enclosure'
2.3 The Round Barrows
2.4 The Pit Alignments
2.5 The Surface Lithics
2.6 Nosterfield Quarry
2.7 Isolated Small Finds
3. THE SIGINIFICANCE OF THE MONUMENT COMPLEX
3.1 Local Significance
3.2 Regional Significance
3.3 National and International Significance
3.4 Fieldwork Recommendations

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF FIGURES

Fig. 1 The Thornborough monument complex, North Yorkshire [54k]
Fig. 2 The topography of the study area [22k]
Fig. 3 The geology of the study area [10k]
Fig. 4 The monuments of the Ure-Swale Catchment [25k]
Fig. 5 The Northern Henge [7k]
Fig. 6 The Central Henge [7k]
Fig. 7 Excavations at the Central Henge [11k]
Fig. 8 The Southern Henge [8k]
Fig. 9 Excavations at the outer ditch of the Southern Henge [12k]
Fig. 10 Excavations at the inner ditch of the Southern Henge [12k]
Fig. 11 The Southern Double Pit Alignment [13k]
Fig. 12 Oval Enclosure [15k]
Fig. 13 Other sites and find spots [49k]
Fig. 14 Distribution of total worked flint [47k]
Fig. 15 Distribution of scrapers, cores and arrowheads [48k]
Fig. 16 Distribution of Mesolithic-early Neolithic worked flint [48k]
Fig. 17 Distribution of later Neolithic-early Bronze Age worked flint [50k]