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This is marked on the 1:25000 map as a settlement. This pic shows an embankment with the occasional standing stone on it. The stones in the centre of the arc are a natural rock formation. I hypothesise that when the settlement was there it would have formed a natural paved area. There is a single standing stone in this area along with miscellaneous humps and bumps. The line of stones visible in the left of the photo is an entirely natural rock formation.

Blakey topping showing the four poster at the base

map reference SE822583
not shown on OS maps
yet more hil top fotifications just visible as a dark line runing round the head of the valley

map reference SE809632
shown on 1:25000 scale OS maps
the dyke surrounding what I would assume was a farmstead, , the dyke is fairly long but almost all its length is hidden in trees

map reference SE809632
part of a long dyke, that I am guessing surrounded a small farmstead
marked on 1:2500 scale map this shot is the small section to the east of the road

map reference SE813626
A double dyke defending the head of the vally, taken facing north

Map reference SE812619
marked on 1:25000 scale map. The dyke can be seen coming diagonally down the hill, crossing the hedge line, then it bends and comes down vertically

map reference SE817620
makred on OS map as a path, the hill fortifications can be seen just below the skyline

map reference SE820617
not marked on OS maps
It must have been a pretty impressive dyke in its time

mao reference SE828614
the dyke can be easily seen going up the side of the valley to the left
take looking SW

Map reference SE848618
Not marked on OS maps
The is in Court dale, leading off Thixen dale a typical hiltop fortification cn be seen in the centre of the image

Map refrence SE874622
Taken facing south
Not sure about this one, there are clearly earth works running along the hillside, but they are lower down than I would expect for hilltop fortifications.

map reference SE873632
not marked on OS maps
This is actually in fairy dale which leads off thixendale
Difficult to make out from the photo, but the old hilltop fortifcations can be since lower down that the current hedgeline (more of a dark shadow than anything else)

Map reference SE843608
(marked on OS map)

No longer impressive, but the dyke can clearly be seen with an old hedge planted on top of it.

Map reference SE843597
The hilltop fortification can be seen running round the edge of the hill, just below the hedgeline

Map reference SE84455860
Not marked on OS maps
The dyke can be seen runnning around the edge of the hill, not to be confused with the two track leading up the hillside

this is not Dargate dyke itself, but it is part of the same complex, it is a single duke that tuns for about half a kilometer, it can be found at SE875920 and is marked on the 1:25000 map of the area

Not particularly clear from this photo, but the dykes are still very easy to identify on the ground

A double dyke would originallyhave crossed the whole hill, but no only goes halfway across, the other half having been obliterated by ploughing
Map reference SE 857559

Taken from the opposite site of the valley looking East. Clearly showing the earthwork going up the hill. Also the fortified area at the top is the area covered in green grass.
Map reference SE 854 552

There are three dykes fortifiying this area that are visible, two are show on OS maps. THe largest dykes is just below the horizon, the next in the green area, then the lowest, a feint line in the long grass
map reference SE 854554

The northern end of the fortified hill areas, culiminating in the double dykes of Huggate just before the hedge line. Looking East.
Map reference SE 854555

A double dyke would originallyhave crossed the whole hill, but no only goes halfway across, the other half having been obliterated by ploughing. The Dykes are cut across in a couple of places by farm tracks
Map reference SE 857559

Looking towards Huggate Dykes (facing North). This earthwork runs along the edge of the hill, it is still quite substancial for most of its length, though dragually peters out to the south.
Map reference SE 855555

Part of a huge fortified hill complex around Millington, Huggate dykes are the most visible of the earthworks, but most of the hills around show fortifications. The Earthwork in this photo is the black line below the brow of the hill
map reference SE 842524

Not quite sure of the category of this one, could be a embanked circle It is marked on the map as an enclosure. There are several stones standing atop of a circle embankment. It is well hidden amongst the brack. It has an unusual pit in the centre about 2 feet depp by 4 week diameter.

The fallen stone

12 apostles showing the very recently fallen stone

howl moor taken from the north east