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Croglam Castle
Cumbria, England ยท Atlas EN0125
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0125 (125)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cumbria
- Historic county
- Westmorland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirkby Stephen
- National Grid reference
- NY 7685 0770
- Latitude
- 54.46415
- Longitude
- -2.35860
- Altitude
- 214 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1951); Other (1974); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1004615
- HER
- Cumbria 2000
- National record
- record NY 70 NE 3; monument 14595
- Wikidata
- Q31110636
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979, British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62.