Dent Bank is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Dent Bank postcode: DL12 0UY

Retail in Dent Bank

There are great places to visit near Dent Bank including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

Don't miss Summerhill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Dent Bank.

There are a number of towns near Dent Bank including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Dent Bank like Hardwick Country Park.

There are a number of airports near to Dent Bank including Teesside International Airport.

Dent Bank History

There are some historic monuments around Dent Bank:

• Medieval farmstead at High Knott, 380m west of West Force Garth
• Prehistoric settlement and burnt mound at Bleabeck Washfold
• Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• Roman period native settlement, medieval bloomery, building and track, and a charcoal pit at Keld Smithy Green, Holwick Fell
• Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm
• Roman period native farmstead at Hind Gate, 140m south of Green House
• Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Roman period native settlement and a bloomery 160m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Romano-British hut circle and enclosing bank and ditch immediately east of High Force Quarry
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Two Romano-British hut circles and three shielings on Holwick Scars 250m south of Hungry Hall
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
• A group of six shielings and tracks on Holwick Scars, 280m west of Hungry Hall
• Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth
• Medieval farmstead, bloomery, charcoal pits and late prehistoric settlement at Pasture Foot, 300m west of Bleabeck Force
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• Burnt mound at Knott Well 370m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell
• Two burnt mounds 350m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Romano-British and medieval settlement and field systems,leadmines and charcoal pit on Crossthwaite Common, south of Park End Quarry
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• Medieval farmstead at Pasture Foot, 510m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Medieval farmstead 330m north west of Water Knott
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• Burnt mound between Knottwell Sike and Bell Sike, 420m north east of Stotley Grange
• Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea
• Burnt mound on the south bank of Scar Beck, 510m south west of Mizzes House
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House