Percy Rigg Iron Age Hut Circles

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There are five circular hut bases, two of them 28 feet in diameter with paved floors and walls still standing to a height of three courses of stone. Nine saddle querns and the base of one rotary quern were found – The North York Moors Stanhope White 1979
Commondale Kildale Iron Age Hut Circle
Commondale Kildale Iron Age Hut Circle

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There are reports of a well which possible served the settlement down towards the stream in the valley, the site was excavated by Roland S Close and a memorial to him is attached.

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