Archaeology Notes

Event ID 708433

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS97SE 9 98940 74380

(NS 9894 7438) Fort (NR)

OS 6" map (1968)

The fort, or "walled enclosure" (R W Feachem 1965) on the summit of Cockleroy, a most conspicuous, rugged and precipitous hill, consists of a heavy, ruinous stone wall enclosing an area 410' in length by 200' wide. The entrance is in the SE. The NW end of the fort is further protected by an outer wall.

The similarity of this structure to the one on Bowden Hill, 3/4 mile W (NS97SE 1) is striking.

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; R W Feachem 1963.

This fort is as described.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (JLD) 5 December 1952 and (JP) 13 August 1974.

Within the interior of the fort there are at least four ring-ditch houses; three are situated close to the rear of the wall on the NE, and the fourth is on the S.

Visited by RCAHMS (JBS), 12 August 1985.