Castle Dykes Henge

Castle Dykes Henge is a Class I Neolithic henge earthwork in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England, situated between the villages of Aysgarth and Thornton Rust. It consists of a roughly circular bank approximately 87 yards (80 m) in diameter with an internal ditch.^[1][2]

Castle Dykes Henge
North Yorkshire, England, UK
Castle Dykes Henge
Location
Castle Dykes Henge Location in North Yorkshire
Coordinates	54.281245°N 2.028721°W / 54.281245; -2.028721
Grid reference	SD98238728

It is reported that excavation work took place in 1908, though there is little physical evidence of this as the henge appears to be mostly intact.^[3] In 2015 the Royal Archaeological Institute awarded a research grant for a survey of the site and palaeoenvironmental sampling.^[4]