Scholes Coppice
Scholes Coppice (also called Scholes Wood) in an area of ancient woodland to the north-west of Kimberworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was once part of the Kimberworth Deer Park.
The woodland contains a number of archaeological sites, the most significant of which is thought to be an Iron Age hill fort.[1][2] Known as Caesar's Camp or Castle Holmes, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site was partially excavated in the 1990s. It consists of an outer bank 6 feet to 16 feet high and 50 feet wide that may have been topped by a wooden palisade, which is paralleled by a ditch 50 feet wide. There is no obvious entrance to the site.
Scholes Coppice and the neighbouring Keppel's Field (which was once a part of the woodland) are designated a Local Nature Reserve.
Location
- Location map: 53°27’6"N, 1°24’25"W
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References
- ↑ "Scholes Coppice and Bray Plantation". Fuelling a Revolution: The woods that founded the steel country. http://www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk/map/011/011.html. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1004829: Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
