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Shoulthwaite Gill

Cumbria, England · Atlas EN0113

Shoulthwaite Gill is a multiple enclosure in St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumbria, England.

Other names on the record: Castle Crag, Shoulthwaite.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and rubble, and an enclosed area of 1 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a knoll or outcrop and at 396 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded for AD 400–800 (C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1012942).

Location

Atlas number
EN0113 (113)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cumbria
Historic county
Cumberland
Parish, community, or townland
St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn
National Grid reference
NY 29989 18844
Latitude
54.55998
Longitude
-3.08417
Altitude
396 m

Form and condition

Type
multiple enclosure
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
AD 400–800
Dating evidence
C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1924); Other (1924); Other (1978); Earthwork Survey (1997); Other (1998); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1012942
HER
Lake District National Park 5497
National record
record NY 21 NE 2; monument 9786
Wikidata
Q31110595

Sources

References

  1. Challis, A.J. and Harding, D.W., 1975. Later prehistory from the Trent to the Tyne BAR British Series 1 (1974) - 20 (ii)
  2. Collingwood, R.G. 1924: Castle How, Peel Wyke._Trans Cumberland and Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc
  3. New Series, Volume:_24: 82
  4. Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62.
  5. Huckerby, E. 1999. Shoulthwaite Hillfort, Thirlmere, Cumbria: stratigraphic survey report. Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. Unpublished.