Summary
Impressive hollow way running through High Plantation, a continuation of NTSMR 32642, forming a long-establised route out of the N end of the dale.
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Monument Types
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Late 19th C - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to Late 19th C - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Description
Section of major, important and long-lived routeway running N-S through the dale, from beyond Cockayne Ridge S through Cockayne to Bransdale Mill and Spout House. This description covers the N section through High Plantation; for the section between High Plantation to Cockayne see NTSMR 32624; between Cockayne and Church Banks see NTSMR 32638; between Church Banks and Bransdale Mill see NTSMRs 32639 and 33720; and between Bransdale Mill and Spout House see NTSMRs 33667 and 33669.
Site visit 14/03/2000:
Substantial and impressive hollow way running through High Plantation. Forms a continuation of NTSMR 32624. From an E-W forestry track, the holloway climbs the hill in a NW direction, initially as a single flat-bottomed track 5m wide and 1.5m deep; this section is still used by farm vehicles. Beyond here, as the ground becomes steeper, the route becomes abraided with a number of parallel and interconnecting tracks, typically up to 5m wide and 1.5m deep. Once over the creast of the ridge the track revets to a single route and passes a prehistoric barrow (NTSMR 31111). It leaves High Planation (and the NT estate) via a gate (NTSMR 32722) in the perimeter wall.
The route is a long-lived and well used track, connecting Cockayne and Bransdale as a whole with the high moorland to the N - the route runs N along Cockayne Ridge and eventually goes to Stokesley [1]-[5].
The route is shown on the 1782 map, although on a slightly straighter alignment, and is labelled "from Stokesley" [6]. It is also shown on the OS 1857 6" and the OS 1912 25" maps as a bridle way; the depicted alignment is one of the abraded routes [7] [8].
References
- SZU50001 - Unpublished document: Ed Dennison. 2001. Archaeological Property Survey, Bransdale.
- SZU50008 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1857. Ordnance Survey 6" map sheet 58. 6". 1st edition.
- SZU50037 - Document: J Tuke. 1782. 1782 Survey of Bransdale and Farndale.
- SZU50039 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1912. Ordnance Survey 1912 25" map sheet 58/3. 1:2,500.
- SZU50310 - Digital Image: Ed Dennison. 14/03/2000. Hollow way, High Plantation.
- SZU50311 - Digital Image: Ed Dennison. 14/03/2000. Hollow way, High Plantation.
- SZU51203 - Photograph - black and white: Ed Dennison. 14/03/2000. Hollow way, High Plantation. 67. Looking SE.
- SZU51204 - Photograph - black and white: Ed Dennison. 14/03/2000. Hollow way, High Plantation. 69. Looking N.
Designations
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Other Statuses and References
Associated Events
- ENA3857 - Field Survey, Archaeological Property Survey
Associated Finds
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Related Records
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