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Crosshill

Cumbria, England ยท Atlas EN0698

Location

Atlas number
EN0698 (698)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cumbria
Historic county
Cumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Waverton
National Grid reference
NY 2330 4490
Latitude
54.79312
Longitude
-3.19444
Altitude
64 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1975); 1st Identified Written Reference (1975)

Identifiers

HER
Cumbria
National record
record NY 24 SW 9; monument 10008
Wikidata
Q31110483

Sources

References

  1. Higham, N.J. and Jones G.D.B. 1975. Frontiers Forts and Farmers. Archaeol J 32, 36 132, 32