Description and History of Site:-
Scattered across the moor top, and just below the edge on the eastern side of the moor, are 13 millstone roughouts and 3 dimension stone blocks, plus several earthfast blocks with 19th-century grafitti, the latter probably relating to lead mining. Some of the millstones were well on in the shaping process, others less so. For an unknown reason, work must have stopped suddenly and all the part-worked stones were abandoned in situ. There is no evidence of any shelters or other infrastructure. Stone within the Lower Howgate Edge Grit was worked here.
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Key Words :- dimension stone millstones 19th-century grafitti
Viewing the Site :- Open Access under the CRoW Act 2000
Address :- Langthwaite, Reeth, North Yorkshire, DL11 6ET
Grid Ref :- NY 990 030
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.422434 , Long -2.016920
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 6 February 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson
Grid Ref :- NY 990 030
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.422434 , Long -2.016920
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact
Site Dates :- unknown - unknown
Record Date :- 6 February 2017
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © David Johnson