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The Battery
Hob Uid: 9445
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, Bothel and Threapland
Grid Ref : NY1965037750
Summary : Earthwork remains of a hilltop double banked sub-rectangular enclosure with no internal features; no dating evidence, possibly Roman or post-Roman. Scheduled.
More information : [Centred at NY 19653775] Earthwork [NR] The Battery [NAT] (1) Earthworks: The Battery, Caermote - a small irregular enclosure. (2) A sub-rectangular enclosure situated in a defensive position on the summit of a hill, and formed by two banks with a medial ditch. There are opposing, causewayed entrances on the NE and SW sides, but no internal remains. The name is indicative of a Civil War context, but the form of the earthwork is more in keeping with an RB enclosure. Published survey (25") revised. (3) NY 197378. Caermote Battery is a hill-top sub-rectangular enclosure of two banks and medial ditch. Dating evidence is completely lacking but it may be ?Roman or post-Roman. (4-5) NY 196377. The Battery, scheduled. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" (Prov) 1957
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Source details : (W.G. Collingwood)
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Source details : F1 DS 04-FEB-69
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Source Number : 5a
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : DOE(IAM) Anc Mons England 1 1978 p18
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Rectangular Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 330
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 13 NE 2
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-02-04
End Date : 1969-02-04

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The Battery