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Description and History of Site:-

An extensive area of 'hills and hollows' stone delph workings in Millstone Grit Group beds consisting of numerous gritstone outcrops with tooling marks, including wedge pits, plug and feather holes and semi-dressed faces; many abandoned dimension stone and freestone blocks and edge stone roughouts; plus several holloway sledways heading off the moor to the south; and several part-ruined stone-built smithies and a stone-built shelter.Much of its history is unrecorded but in 1437-38 512 wagon loads of stone were taken from 'Staynrig' for repairs to Skipton Castle, and more was taken from here to the castle in 1483 and 1523. Plug and feather evidence show that working here was still underway after 1800.

Further Reading and References:-

D.Johnson. 2016. Quarrying in the Yorkshire Pennines. Stroud: Amberley, pp.12-13

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Key Words :- stone workings millstone grit dimension stone millstones

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Address :- Skipton, North Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SD 990 563
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.002727 , Long -2.016746
Local Authority :- Craven District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site disused - but otherwise substantially intact
Site Dates :- 1437-38 - unknown
Contributor :- David Johnson - 17 November 2016

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