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Bainbridge

North Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN1651

Location

Atlas number
EN1651 (1651)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
North Yorkshire
Historic county
Yorkshire
Parish, community, or townland
Bainborough
National Grid reference
SD 93229 89822
Latitude
54.30397
Longitude
-2.10556
Altitude
251 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
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
0.18 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1970); Other (1976); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1009323
HER
Yorkshire Dales National Park MYD4212
National record
record SD 98 NW 3; monument 47222
Wikidata
Q31112614

Sources