Heritage at Lower Winskill.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park is an iconic upland landscape shaped by millennia of farming.
It is a landscape with a rich cultural heritage.
Lower Winskill has a unique collection of resources showing the history of this iconic landscape.
Resources
A guide to the unique collection of resources at Lower Winskill, incorporating the Tot Lord Collection formerly housed in the Pig Yard Museum, Settle, will go online in 2012. This collection includes the nationally important finds from Victoria Cave and other archaeologically investigated caves in Ribblesdale, which provide crucial evidence for understanding the cultural and environmental history of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
New Scientist published an article describing recent work on Tot Lord's Collection (The bone-man's legacy; New Scientist, 11 August 2007; pp48-49). Important new publications based on Tot Lord's Collection are included on the Research page.
Related Documents
- The North Craven Heritage Trust have published an article, A Millennium of Farming at Lower Winskill, that describes ongoing research into the history of Lower Winskill.
- More information about local history can be found at the Lancliffe Village website.
- In 2007, Ed Dennison Archaeological Services Ltd (EDAS) were commissioned by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to undertake an archaeological walkover survey in several fields located on the south- east side of Langcliffe Quarry in North Yorkshire (NGR SD826661). Read more here. (.pdf)
- English Heritage have a page called Historic Farm Buildings; The Yorkshire Dales National Park have produced a report called Building Value: Public Benefits of Historic Farm Building and Drystone Wall Repairs in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (.pdf)