Skirethorns

[4] A Roman Road was built through the area of Skirethorns which linked Settle with Grassington,[5] and there is evidence of a Viking settlement at Hubba-Cove Heights, which is just to the west of the hamlet.[12] The Yorkshire Dales Landscape Sensitivity statement recommends that the land between Threshfield and Skirethorns remains undeveloped to preserve the rural setting and prevent the two settlements "coalescing".[1][14] Skirethorns is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and part of the Wharfedale landscape character area.[25][26] Since closure in the year 2000, the site has been open to the public, although the main lagoon was drained after it became an attraction for people to gather and swim in during the post COVID-19 lockdowns.[32] Historically, until the arrival of the railways in Upper Wharfedale, coal was mined to the south-west of Skirethorns at Skythorns Pasture.