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Multi-periodSite Name: Sellet Bank Enclosure
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kirby Lonsdale Nearest Village: Whittington
Map Ref: SD60517733
Latitude: 54.190206N Longitude: 2.606691W
Condition:

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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

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4 Access:

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
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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
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**Sellet Bank Enclosure** submitted by LivingRocks : The best view is obtained by climbing the Bank and looking down on the site, it doesn’t seem to have been in the best defended of positions! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Village or Settlement in Lancashire

Situated on a gently sloping bank on the eastern slope of Sellet Bank overlooking the Lune Valley. The enclosure is sub-circular in plan with maximum internal dimensions of approximately 52m by 50m. It is defended on the north and east sides by an inner and outer bank; the former measuring 6m-9m wide and up to 0.4m high, the latter measuring 4m-8m wide and up to 0.8m high, with a gap of about 6m between the two banks. On the south side the enclosure is defended by a single bank 6m wide and 0.3m high with traces of a shallow ditch close to the south western corner. The west side has no delimiter in the form of a bank, but has a steep slope formed by the enclosure having apparently been cut into the hillside. There is an entrance close to the south east corner of the enclosure between the single bank and the linking of the double bank. Internally a cross bank running east-west sub-divides the eastern half of the enclosure. To the south of this bank there is a sub-rectangular hollowed area measuring c.14m by 12m which is interpreted as a small enclosure or stock pen. A large pit 8m in diameter by 1m deep and an adjacent mound at the enclosure's south west corner are of uncertain function, however, they may relate to open cast coal mining which is evident elsewhere in the vicinity.
Enclosures of this type were constructed from the seventh to fifth centuries BC and may possibly have continued to be built up to the first century AD. (Description taken from DEFRA Magic Map)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SD6077 : Sellet Hall trig by Iain Macaulay — by Iain Macaulay
©2006(licence)

SD6077 : Sellet Mill, near Kirkby Lonsdale by David Medcalf — by David Medcalf
©2006(licence)

SD6077 : Sellet Bank (117m) by Karl and Ali — by Karl and Ali
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SD6077 : B6254 towards Kirkby Lonsdale by JThomas — by JThomas
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SD6077 : Barns at Sellet Mill by John H Darch — by John H Darch
©2012(licence)

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