2021
NY6361 : Northern boundary ditch at The Curricks settlement
taken 4 years ago, near to Midgeholme, Cumbria, England
Northern boundary ditch at The Curricks settlement
A ditch to the north of the northern ramparts of the settlement, of reduced size, and probably from the medieval reuse of the original Iron Age site. Although now disrupted by the forest plantation it probably joined with a similar ditch extending from the southwest corner of the enclosure forming an outer enclosure to the main one. Aerial photographs taken in 1946 show a number of large ditch defined enclosures extending to the west, south and north of the main settlement enclosure. These enclosures appear to form a group of at least three conjoined fields. The combined settlement and its larger enclosures covers an area of c.375m x 585m.
The Curricks Camp, Hartleyburn Common
The Curricks is an earthwork enclosure, almost rectangular in shape measuring about 73m north-south by 60m east-west. It has two banks and a ditch around it and an entrance through the east side. Inside the enclosure are two platforms and some low banks or walls. This was probably a small farm built in the Iron Age or Roman period, but has been re-used in medieval times. A medieval shieling has been built into the bank near the entrance and two long banks seem to form a much larger outer enclosure to the west. It is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
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- NY6361, 47 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 26 April, 2021 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 1 May, 2021
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 6370 6130 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:56.7016N 2:34.0925W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)