An Iron Age Boundary?

A view along an obvious alignment of stones, stretching from the boundary barrow at Hob on the Hill to the head of North Ings Slack¹NYMNPA HER No: 4034. Associated with it is a pronounced dyke, termed a cross-ridge, although that appears a stretch of the definition. The date is believed to be the Iron Age, and the structure’s intended function remains shrouded in uncertainty. Nevertheless, common thinking is in marking the territorial limit of a tribe or community. But really it’s anyone’s guess.

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  NYMNPA HER No: 4034