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Whitley Crag, Asby
Cumbria, England ยท Atlas EN0384
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0384 (384)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cumbria
- Historic county
- Westmorland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Asby
- National Grid reference
- NY 6968 1352
- Latitude
- 54.51664
- Longitude
- -2.46977
- Altitude
- 220 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.26 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Over-lapping (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (2008)
Identifiers
- HER
- Cumbria
- Wikidata
- Q31110467
Sources
References
- Fell, D. 2009. An Analytical Earthwork Survey of a Hillfort near Whitley Crag, Asby, Cumbria. Trans Cumberland Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc Vol IX 5-20