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Dike House
Cumbria, England ยท Atlas EN0697
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0697 (697)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cumbria
- Historic county
- Westmorland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Stainmore
- National Grid reference
- NY 8370 1410
- Latitude
- 54.52194
- Longitude
- -2.25334
- Altitude
- 277 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 5
- Number of ditches
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 0.2 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1975)
Identifiers
- HER
- Cumbria
- National record
- record NY 81 SW 10; monument 15942
- Wikidata
- Q31110475
Sources
References
- Higham, N. and Jones, G D.B. 1975, Frontiers Forts & Farmers. Arch J, 132, 37, 48
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 141