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BrigantesNation

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Re: Yorkshire wolds

May 18, 2003, 22:27

I did a mammoth map investigation on this last night.

There appears to be three major Leys (paths, tracks, call them what you may) on Landranger 106.

One starts at the Humber Bridge (north end) and continues to Roseburry topping - Middlesborough (tracing a line accross mulitple maps can end up a bit innacurate. I'd plump for Rosebury Topping myself, but that could be wishfull thinking.

Another follows the Roman road from Hull and seems to travel to Darlington.

Another runs on a line from Wetwang to Pocklington.

The first is very pronounced, the other two are more marginal and would need to be cross referenced with holy Wells and crosses to be more definate.

However, the third would seem to indicate that the earthworks we were discussing on this thread were a boundary far a significant period of time and I'd suggest these show the area covered by the tribe that became the Parisi in the Late Iron Age.

These leys seem to give a bit more meaning to some other earthworks in the area. The Darlington Ley is crossed by a couple of bar dykes and could indicate periods of enmity between the Brigantes and the Parisi.

I'd not stake the rent on it of course, but these are interesting and worth following up.

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Yorkshire wolds (moggymiaow)

Topic Outline:

Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Dec 25, 2002, 01:28
- Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 04, 2003, 22:55
  - Re: Yorkshire wolds – fitzcoraldo, Jan 05, 2003, 20:50
    - Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 05, 2003, 20:58
      - Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 05, 2003, 23:03
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 05, 2003, 23:26
        Not So Old? – FourWinds, Jan 06, 2003, 13:18
        Re: Not So Old? – Chris Collyer, Jan 06, 2003, 14:27
        More questions than answers – fitzcoraldo, Jan 06, 2003, 20:34
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 06, 2003, 20:31
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 06, 2003, 21:44
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 06, 2003, 22:59
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 07, 2003, 10:29
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 07, 2003, 11:30
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 07, 2003, 23:10
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 09, 2003, 19:26
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 09, 2003, 20:19
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 10, 2003, 19:05
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – cookie, Jan 10, 2003, 15:30
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 10, 2003, 19:10
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 10, 2003, 21:35
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 09, 2003, 19:38
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 09, 2003, 20:15
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 10, 2003, 21:16
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – Chris Collyer, Jan 19, 2003, 22:33
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 19, 2003, 23:41
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 20, 2003, 09:36
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – moggymiaow, Jan 21, 2003, 20:46
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 21, 2003, 21:18
        Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, Jan 21, 2003, 21:26
- Re: Yorkshire wolds – BrigantesNation, May 18, 2003, 22:27


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