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<< Text Pages >> Castle How Fort - Hillfort in England in Cumbria

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 12207

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle How Fort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.333 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cumbria Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cockermouth  Nearest Village: Embleton
Map Ref: NY201308  Landranger Map Number: 89
Latitude: 54.665919N  Longitude: 3.240294W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
5 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
3

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Re: Castle How Fort by coldrum on Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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