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Crane's Fort
Derbyshire, England ยท Atlas EN2977
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2977 (2977)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Derbyshire
- Historic county
- Derbyshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Youlgreave
- National Grid reference
- SK 20298 65947
- Latitude
- 53.19021
- Longitude
- -1.69767
- Altitude
- 228 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 3.9 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1959); Other (1999)
Identifiers
- HER
- Derbyshire 15735
- Wikidata
- Q31112993
Sources
References
- Cameron, K. 1959. The Place Names of Derbyshire. English Placename Society no. 27. Cambridge
- Hart, C.R. and Makepeace, G. A. 1993. Crane's Fort, Conksbury, Youlgreave, Derbyshire: A Newly Discovered Hillfort. Derbyshire Archaeol J. 113. 16-20.