Description and History of Site:-
McDonnell p 48

"not far away is the site at Cold Cam where in Cockerdale wood in 1953 Roman Pottery Kiln was levelled by a forestry bulldozer. A trial trench in the iron slags below did not produce evidence of their date though they could be Roman working."

Quantity of iron slag whose analysis shows higher extraction than in Medieval times are found at the Spauton site

Roman or medieval. Several heaps of iron working slag some large. No finds apart from abundant charcoal and hard glossy lumps of slag under limestone. One trenched by R Close and RH Hayes.

No LiDAR data

Several iron slag heaps, some large and very overgrown, are beside a small runnel of water NE of Cockerdale House.One heap was trenched by Hayes and R. Close in 1954, but there were no finds apart from abundant charcoal. Said by Hayes (in Authy 1) to be 'Roman or Medieval'. (The site lies just south of a Romano-British kiln and possible settlement - SE 58 SW 17. The slag heaps are shown on a sketch map with that site at circa SE 53818145). (1-2)

Further Reading and References:-
McDonnell J ed, A History of Helmsley, Rievaulx and District, York, 1963
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Key Words :- bloomery ironworking North York Moors

Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the public footpath

Address :- Cold Cam, Oldstead, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, YO7 2HD
Grid Ref :- SE 538 814
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.225500 , Long -1.176295
Local Authority :- North Yorkshire Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site condition unknown
Record Date :- 21 June 2018

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