<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Folds - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cumbria
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Multi-periodSite Name: Castle FoldsCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Appleby-in-Westmorland Nearest Village: Sunbiggin
Map Ref: NY64990936 Landranger Map Number: 91
Latitude: 54.478378N Longitude: 2.54181W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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SumDoood visited on 18th Nov 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 If the weather is other than warm and dry and settled, try to find an approach on grass. There is one on the south side. Limestone pavement can be very slippery. It was covered in black ice at the time of my visit.
Let me know if you find a quern stone on, near or within the site.
WindC couldn't find on 9th Oct 2011 - their rating: Access: 2 The wind whistling through the slippery limestone makes some eerie sounds.
h_fenton visited on 23rd Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2 This site is so remote and difficult to access, it makes you wonder what possessed people to have a settlement here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 2.33
The enclosure does not cover the entire knoll, the walls of the enclosure are built of limestone rubble with a few larger stones as well. Within the enclosure there are hut circles.
The soils here are very thin and there areas of limestone pavement visible within the settlement too.
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