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Multi-periodSite Name: Boat How EnclosureCountry: England
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County: Cumbria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ambleside Nearest Village: Boot
Map Ref: NY17620330
Latitude: 54.418442N Longitude: 3.271028W
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 |
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There is a boundary on the north and east sides formed by a wall or stone bank measuring up to 4.7m wide and 0.4m high and fragmented into six separate lengths. The entrance on the eastern side leads into an enclosed area of approximately 0.75ha. In the western side of the enclosure there are ten clearance cairns ranging between 2.15m - 3.85m in diameter and 0.1m - 0.3m in height.
Clearance cairns were built with stone from the surrounding land surface to improve its use for agriculture, and may have served to define field plots.
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