LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
Satellite Imagery
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HER: Cumbria 2000 (None)
NMR: NY 70 NE 3 (14595)
SM: 1004615
NGR: NY 7685 0770
X: 376854 Y: 507700 (OSGB36)
Lying to the SW of Kirkby Stephen in a strategically commanding position at the head of the Mallerstang Valley, an oval, univallate enclosure, possibly a hillfort of 0.6ha. The enclosing works occupy the summit of a hill at 214m OD and comprise a 12m wide internal ditch and an outer bank, probably a counterscarp which has been reduced by ploughing to a maximum external height of 1.3m. A single entrance lies in the NE where the defences appear to have been strengthened. No internal structures are known other than indistinct features seen on an aerial photograph. A modern stone field wall has been constructed on a surrounding counterscarp bank redefining the enclosure as a field. Minimal investigations have been carried out and the site is undated. Although the monument is in a strongly defensible and strategic position, its lack of an inner bank suggests it might be a medieval ringwork. On 1st Ed OS map (1885-1900), listed by Hogg (1979). Scheduled
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Unconfirmed
X: -262558 Y: 7258556 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.3585976034294274 Latitude: 54.46415483214298 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Cumbria
Historic County: Westmorland
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Kirkby Stephen
Poor condition. The site has been ploughed and damage has occurred.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Ploughed in the past, its current use is unknown but aerial coverage appears to show grassland, possibly grazed.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
A univallate contour fort situated at 214m OD on the summit of a hill with good visibility in all directions.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Commanding position on hill top
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 214.0m
N/A
The wide flat bottomed ditch and the name Croglam Castle lends some support to it being a ringwork. Without investigation it remains undated and from its form is presumed Iron Age although may be a medieval ringwork.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | Unknown |
| Post Hillfort: | Remains of a stone barn in the north-west corner |
On 1st Ed OS map (1885-1900), Field investigation in 1974. Scheduled
| Other (1951): | Scheduled |
| Other (1974): | Field investigation |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | OS one inch |
Cumbria County Council AP 2440,3 appears to show indistinct internal features, no other evidence.
Lies to the W of the River Eden
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Cumbria County Council AP 2440,3 appears to show indistinct internal features.
| APs Not Checked | ✗ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
A simple gap to the NE.
| 0: | Unknown |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | None |
A roughly oval earthwork measuring 130m NE to SW and 65m NW to SE. It comprises a single 12m wide internal ditch and an outer bank with a maximum height of 1.3m externally and 1m internally. The inner scarp of the ditch has been flattened out through ploughing
| Area 1: | 0.6ha. |
| Total: | 0.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✓ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✓ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Single ditch 12m wide |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Hogg, A.H.A.1979, British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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