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Evening Bank Wood

Cumbria, England ยท Atlas EN0347

Location

Atlas number
EN0347 (347)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cumbria
Historic county
Westmorland
Parish, community, or townland
Dacre
National Grid reference
NY 48470 27500
Latitude
54.63999
Longitude
-2.79994
Altitude
192 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
metal
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1923); Other (1966); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1968-1969)

Identifiers

HER
Cumbria 1163
National record
record NY 42 NE 12; monument 11102
Wikidata
Q31110447

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(i), 46
  2. Higham, N,J. and Jones G D B 1975. Frontiers Forts and Farmers. Archaeol J . 32, 36
  3. Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62.