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<< Text Pages >> Berrier Hill Earthworks - Misc. Earthwork in England in Cumbria

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 09 January 2008  Page Views: 7189

Multi-periodSite Name: Berrier Hill Earthworks
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Misc. Earthwork

Map Ref: NY416313
Latitude: 54.673366N  Longitude: 2.907111W
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
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 3 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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Misc. Earthwork in Cumbria. The area is of high archaeological significance, there are earthwork remains surviving at three locations in the area that are likely to relate to prehistoric or Romano-British settlement. The site also has the potential to contain important archaeological features that are currently unknown with a previously unidentified Bronze Age cremation burial revealed nearby in 1990.

The prehistoric/Romano-British earthwork remains are of particular significance. Their origins are poorly understood and the Environmental Statement indicates that the full extent of these features within the application area has not been defined.

Source: Letter from Jeremy Parsons, Assistant Archaeologist, Cumbria CC

Note: Controversial windfarm plans could be shelved due to the area's archaeology, see comment
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Re: Bronze Age blow to windfarms in Cumbria by Anonymous on Wednesday, 11 March 2009
All the very best of luck from 2 former North Cumbrian and EDC residents who now live in the windfarm- blighted French Auvergne. They are grotesque and can be seen from miles away in this high area, spoiling the dramatic natural beauty of this amazing region. Please don't allow the same thing to happen! WE believe they are inefficient, anyway, but seem to have been sold to the French in a big way. South of Chartres they dominate the flat landscape like forests of alien invaders!
Keep fighting!

Roy and Carol Smith
Soubrelstot, Pinols, 43100 Lavaudieu, France
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Bronze Age blow to windfarms in Cumbria by Andy B on Wednesday, 09 January 2008
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Controversial windfarm plans could be blown away after Bronze Age
remains were found at a Cumbrian site (England). West Coast Energy has applied to build nine 335ft-high wind turbines at Berrier Hill near
Greystoke, Penrith.

The proposals have attracted strong opposition, with local
people joining together to fight the windfarm plans. This week they
claimed an early victory after their concerns about the historical
value of the site were upheld. It follows news that the Office of the
County Archaeologist has now written to Eden Council planners to
underline its significance. It is known that the Berrier Hill site
contains ancient earthworks and the remains of Bronze Age cremation
burials. However, the full scale and importance of these artefacts
have yet to be fully defined.

In a letter to planning officer Malcolm Johnson, assistant
archaeologist Jeremy Parsons calls for the energy company to fund a
detailed study. He recommends that a full archaeological survey is
carried out before any application can even be considered. The results would give the County Archaeologist and English Heritage a clear
indication of what lies below the land – and whether they should
protect the site using Scheduled Monument Status.

The Berrier Hill Wind Opposition Group are now hoping that the
plans will be thrown out without the need for a lengthy planning
battle. They believe that as well as Bronze Age remains, there may be
other important discoveries at the site, which has views across to the
Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick.

In a statement released this week the group said: "Clearly one
consequence of any survey is that the remains and artefacts would have to be preserved in situ, and this would have a knock-on effect on the viability and appropriate nature of the site for an industrial
development. This is excellent news and underlies our concern that
from the beginning this has been the wrong site for a wind farm.
Samantha Crosby, West Coast Energy’s project manager, confirmed
that they were aware of the latest request and were more than happy to comply. She explained that a standard survey has already been competed and a more detailed evaluation of the site would get under way in the
new year.

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http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=577065
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