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<< Text Pages >> Dyke House - Hillfort in England in Cumbria

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 31 August 2010  Page Views: 4269

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dyke House
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.12 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cumbria Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: NY837141
Latitude: 54.521925N  Longitude: 2.253332W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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"Possible multivallate Hillfort continuing inuse into the Roman period."

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