Yockenthwaite
| Yockenthwaite | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
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Jul2003.jpg) Yockenthwaite | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD905790 |
| Location: | 54°12’24"N, 2°8’50"W |
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| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Skipton and Ripon |
Yockenthwaite is a hamlet in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the Langstrothdale valley and within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The hamlt is to be found twenty miles north of Skipton and eight miles south of Hawes.
The name of the hamlet is said to derive from Eoghan's clearing.[1][2]
Yockenthwaite lies on the north bank of the River Wharfe. It is better known than may be expected because a children's television character from The Rottentrolls takes its name from the hamlet.[3]
The hamlet is connected to the road that winds up and down Langstrothdale by a grade II listed bridge from the early 18th century.[4] This is the only route into and out of the hamlet by road.
Yockenthwaite stone circle
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Just to the west of the village by Yockenthwaite Cave, are some ancient stones arranged in a circle.[5][6]
The circle is 25 feet in diameter and is believed to be Bronze Age in origin.[7][8]
The circle is a scheduled monument.[9]
The overall size and layout of the stones gave rise to the nickname of the Giant's Grave. Some of the stones have been taken and re-used for drystone walls and buildings.[10]
Speight refers to the site as a "druid's circle" and whilst it has been described as a stone circle,[9] it is believed to be a ring cairn. Whilst 23 stones remain extant, there are spaces for three to four more stones in the circle, which have been removed.[11]
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References
- ↑ "A wildlife walk in Upper Wharfedale, North Yorkshire | Great British walks". The Guardian. 12 May 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/may/13/walkiupper-wharfedale-north-yorkshire-walkngholidays-wildlife.
- ↑ Rowe, Mark (3 October 2017). "Great winter walks: Upper Wharfedale". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/great-winter-walksupperwharfedale/.
- ↑ Burn, Chris (7 October 2019). "How children's TV show gave Yorkshire Dales hamlet a quirky claim to fame" (in en). The Yorkshire Post. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/how-children-s-tv-show-gave-yorkshire-dales-hamlet-a-quirky-claim-to-fame-1-10038506.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1132216: The Bridge (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Discover Langstrothdale" (in en). https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale/trails/discover-langstrothdale.
- ↑ - Stone Circle Megalithic Portal
- ↑ National Heritage List 1008772: Yockenthwaite small stone circle (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ "Out of Oblivion: A landscape through time". http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk/record.asp?id=520.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Speight, Harry (1900). Upper Wharfedale : being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valley of the Wharfe, from Otley to Langstrothdale. London: E Stock. p. 496. OCLC 1079273371.
- ↑ Marsh, Terry (2018). The Dales Way : from Ilkley to the Lake District through the Yorkshire Dales (3 ed.). Kendal: Cicerone. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85284-943-6.
- ↑ Barnett, John. "The Design and Distribution of Stone Circles in Britain; a Reflection of Variation in Social Organization in the Second and Third Millennia BC," (PDF). p. 78. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14854/3/404864_Vol3.pdf.
