More information : [Centred at NY 2016 3081] Castle How Ancient Earthwork (NAT) (1)
Castle How, Peel Wyke is a post Ro. promontory or spur stronghold, situated on a natural ridge of rock. The ground being steeply scarped on the two sides [N & S] there are no artificial defences, out on the village end [W] are four clearly defined crescent shaped trenches with outer ramparts. The other end, being rather more steep has two such trenches. The plateau, measuring 42 x 20 yds. is "dished out", so that round its perimeter the rock crops up to form a sort of breastwork. There is no evidence of any masonry or any other remains. [See plan AO:62:161:2 Authority 3] (2-3)
Listed under 'Camps and Settlements', and scheduled. (4)
Description correct. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5)
Survey of 15.4.66. unchanged. (6)
(NY 20163801) Castle How (NAT) Fort (NR) (7)
NY 201308. Castle How, scheduled. (8)
Castle How hillfort. Earthwork remains of rock-cut ditches with banks and counterscarps on the western and eastern sides. The summit of the hillfort has been artifically levelled. Pot-boilers and part of a Roman tile were found on the site. (9)
The hillfort is masked by tree cover on aerial photographs and therefore was not transcribed by the Skiddaw NMP project. (10) |