Dry stone wall, Knights Templar Estate
Historical Environment Record No:
MYD36699
Parish:
West Witton
OS Grid Reference:
Dale:
Description
Dry stone wall, Knights Templar Estate MYD36699 (c) YDNPA, 2023
Walls with large stones or orthostats standing on end in their base seem to date from the early post-Medieval period or possibly even earlier. Such large stones would have had to have been cleared from fields before cultivation using a plough could go ahead. The Knights Templar Preceptory at the heart of this estate is first mentioned in the period 1170-1181.
Source:
Dennison, E (2004) ‘An Historical Landscape Survey: The Swinithwaite Estate, West Witton’ in White, R F & Wilson, P R (eds) (2004) Archaeology and Historic Landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales. Yorkshire Archaeological Society Occasional Paper No 2 pp25-37