Mastiles Lane, near

Malham Malham is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Before 20th century boundary changes, the village was part of the Settle Rural District, in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. In the ''Domesday Book' ...

and

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, was a Roman marching road and later an important route for the Cistercian monks leading sheep from

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to summer pasture on higher ground. Also known as the Old Monks' Road, it is now a Dales walking track.

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refers to a Roman temporary camp and medieval monastic cross base located along the lane. The

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states that Mastiles Lane was owned by

Coverham Abbey Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at Coverham in about 1212 by her son Ranulf fit ...

, near

Middleham Middleham is an English market town and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the junction of the River Ure and River Cover. ...

. After the dissolution of the monasteries it has been suggested that Mastiles Lane became a droving route for cattle being brought south from Scotland.Brockhurst, M.
Kilnsey, Mastiles Lane, Malham Tarn, Cote Moor and Hawkswick
accessed 11 January 2020

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