Water Dale and ancient earthworks
Tuesday 23rd June 2015
At last some nice evening sunshine, so we decided to take a walk from Thixendale heading west. The sun was beginning to go down when I took this shot, hence there is a nice contrast of light and shade. The sweep of the road along Water Dale leads the eye into the picture. On the left are two parallel ditches running from the field boundary to the road, described on the Ordnance survey map as 'Earthwork'. They are probably connected with larger earthworks between Thixendale and Birdsall and are associated with the bronze age, possibly boundary markers, trackways or even a defensive structure.
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