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Burrow Walls
Hob Uid:
1003217
Location :
Cumbria
Allerdale
Workington
Grid Ref :
NY0036030040
Summary :
Wall fragments of a Medieval hall; the wall fabric incorporates Roman material. The monument and associated rectilinear ditches are visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs mapped as part of the North West Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. The wall fragments appear to be still extant on the latest 1976 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
More information :
(NY 0036 3004) Burrow Walls (GT) on site of Roman Fort (GS) (1)
Within the fort are two medieval wall fragments (incorporating Roman stones) 40 ft and 15 ft at right angles to each other. (2)
NY 00363004. The two medieval wall fragments, respectively 13.2m and 8.8m long and 3m maximum height form an L-shape. The facing stones have been almost completely removed leaving just the core, but it can be estimated that the walls must have been about 2m wide originally. At the angle between the two blocks there is a curving line of facing stones just above ground level indicative of a newel stair. The scale of the remains suggests a building of some importance, possibly a hall. (3)
Listed as part of a fortified manor house or tower. (4)
The monument and associated rectilinear ditches are visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs mapped as part of the North West Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. Two ditches abut the wall fragments on a perpendicular alignment. It is suggested that the latter features are associated with the manor house but they may represent remains of more recent land division. The wall fragments appear to be still extant on the latest 1976 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 6-inch Provisional 1957
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Source details : Keith Blood and Colin Lofthouse/11-MAR-1993/RCHME: Cumberland Coast Project
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Source details : Plan
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Source details : NMR OS/76054 0384 17-MAY-1976
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : RAF 106G/UK/1209 4001 07-MAR-1946
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Hall House, Fortified Manor House, Ditch, Earthwork
Evidence : Ruined Building, Structure
Monument Period Name : Uncertain
Display Date : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Ditch
Evidence : Earthwork
Components and Objects:
Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Object Material :
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 292
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10564
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 03 SW 19
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-01-19
End Date : 1994-02-02
Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-11-26
End Date : 2009-05-22