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Crabb's Castle
Norfolk, England ยท Atlas EN2441
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2441 (2441)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Norfolk
- Historic county
- Norfolk
- Parish, community, or townland
- Wighton
- National Grid reference
- TF 914 397
- Latitude
- 52.92136
- Longitude
- 0.84673
- Altitude
- 55 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- 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
- 0.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1807); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018175
- HER
- Norfolk 2009
- National record
- record TF 9 3 NW 1; monument 359035
- Wikidata
- Q31113698
Sources
References
- Blomefield, F. 1807. An Essay towards a Topographical History of Norfolk, 205.