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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sellet Bank Enclosure - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Lancashire

Submitted by LivingRocks on Saturday, 07 May 2005  Page Views: 6978

Multi-periodSite Name: Sellet Bank Enclosure
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.322 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lancashire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kirby Lonsdale  Nearest Village: Whittington
Map Ref: SD60517733
Latitude: 54.190206N  Longitude: 2.606691W
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.
4 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
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Sellet Bank Enclosure
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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Sellet Bank Enclosure
Sellet Bank Enclosure submitted by Zooks777 : 1 metre resolution lidar image illuminated from NNE (©Environment Agency) overlain by 1:10,000 map (© Ordnance Survey). Shows the broad structure of the enclosure, several circular features (hut circles, cairns?), ancient field system with plough patterns and eroded walls and other, more muted features of possible interest (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sellet Bank Enclosure
Sellet Bank Enclosure submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing of the site, assembled by me from two images, not quite joining, via archive. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sellet Bank Enclosure
Sellet Bank Enclosure submitted by LivingRocks : Earthworks on the southern side of Sellet Bank Enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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