Yockenthwaite

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Yockenthwaite is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Langstrothdale valley in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Yockenthwaite is 20 miles (32 km) north of Skipton and 8 miles (13 km) south of Hawes. The name of the hamlet is said to derive from Eoghan's clearing in a wood.[1][2]

Yockenthwaite lies on the north bank of the River Wharfe. It is better known than may be expected because a children's television character from The Rottentrolls takes its name from the hamlet.[3]

The hamlet is connected to the road that winds up and down Langstroth dale by a grade II listed bridge from the early 18th century.[4] This is the only route into and out of the hamlet by road.[5]

Yockenthwaite Hall is a farmhouse dating from the 18th century. It is a Grade II listed building.[6] Yockenthwaite Bridge is also a Grade II listed building.[7]

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[8] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Craven District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Yockenthwaite stone circle

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Yockenthwaite Stone Circle

Just to the west of the village by Yockenthwaite Cave, are some ancient stones arranged in a circle.[9][10] The stones, which are now a scheduled monument, are 25 feet (7.6 m) in diameter and believed to be Bronze Age in origin.[11][12] The overall size and layout of the stones gave rise to the nickname of the Giant's Grave. Some of the stones have been taken and re-used for drystone walls and buildings.[13]

Speight refers to the site as a "druid's circle" and whilst it has been described as a stone circle,[14] it is believed to be a ring cairn. Whilst 23 stones remain extant, there are spaces for three to four more stones in the circle, which have been removed.[15]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A wildlife walk in Upper Wharfedale, North Yorkshire | Great British walks". The Guardian. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rowe, Mark (3 October 2017). "Great winter walks: Upper Wharfedale". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Burn, Chris (7 October 2019). "How children's TV show gave Yorkshire Dales hamlet a quirky claim to fame". The Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OL30" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319263358.
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  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of Buckden, in Craven and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Discover Langstrothdale". National Trust. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David Raven (2004). "Yockenthwaite - Stone Circle". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 3 July 2007.
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Out of Oblivion: A landscape through time". www.outofoblivion.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marsh, Terry (2018). The Dales Way : from Ilkley to the Lake District through the Yorkshire Dales (3 ed.). Kendal: Cicerone. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85284-943-6.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Speight, Harry (1900). Upper Wharfedale : being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valley of the Wharfe, from Otley to Langstrothdale. London: E Stock. p. 496. OCLC 1079273371.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barnett, John. "The Design and Distribution of Stone Circles in Britain; a Reflection of Variation in Social Organization in the Second and Third Millennia BC," (PDF). etheses.whiterose.ac.uk. p. 78. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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