Thorns at Ribblehead

The deserted settlement of Thorns near Ribblehead in the Yorkshire Dales.
The first recording of Thorns dates back to 1190 when it was a lodge for Furness Abbey. Six tenants were known to live there at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the early 16th century, and the 1841 census records three households. The hamlet lay on a popular packhorse route from Settle to the corn and oatmeal market at nearby Gearstones.
All that remains today are a few ruined buildings, earthwork platforms showing the position of former buildings, a ruined limekiln and an arrangement of walled tracks and fields.