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Gunnerside

North Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN2742

Location

Atlas number
EN2742 (2742)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
North Yorkshire
Historic county
Yorkshire
Parish, community, or townland
Melbecks
National Grid reference
SD 9510 9890
Latitude
54.38558
Longitude
-2.07696
Altitude
348 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
1
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
south and southwest
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
Other (1970-1979)

Identifiers

HER
Yorkshire Dales National Park MYD4237; MYD4238
National record
record SD 99 NE 4; monument 47281
Wikidata
Q31112611

Sources