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Red Scar Wood
Lancashire, England ยท Atlas EN3142
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3142 (3142)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Lancashire
- Historic county
- Lancashire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Preston
- National Grid reference
- SD 5815 3197
- Latitude
- 53.78236
- Longitude
- -2.63662
- Altitude
- 42 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.02 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and lowland
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1991)
Identifiers
- HER
- Lancashire MLA15205
- Wikidata
- Q31110669
Sources
References
- Minerva Heritage Ltd. 2009. Land adjacent to Preston Crematorium, Longridge Road, Preston. Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished
- Welsh, T. C. 1991. Promontory forts on the Ribble. Unpublished