More information : Site of Romano-British settlement at Eller Beck consisting of six groups of small enclosures (sites A-F) within perimeter walls, together with a well-preserved field system (see plan and air photographs). Enclosure 'A' sited at SD 641784. (1-2)
'A', at SD 6410 7837, comprises four individual crofts and a large enclosure forming a single unit. The walling is constructed of double limestone blocks with rubble infill. Maximum width of wall 0.9m, maximum height 0.4m; now turf-covered.
The site is down to pasture. Surveyed on 1:2500 MSD (for 1:10,000 publication only). See illustration card for SD 67 NW 16. (3)
SD 64089 78375 (FCE). Complex 'A' is sub-elliptical in plan, measuring c 60m by 40m across, and is surrounded by a stony bank on all sides except for a short stretch on the east. As described above, the enclosure is sub-divided into five compartments by a combination of scarps and further stony banks; however, authority 3's 'large enclosure' is in fact divided into two compartments by a scarp, whilst a sixth compartment at the south-east corner (previously described as a croft and thought to be integral with the monument) would instead seem to be a rectangular building of later date (see SD 67 NW 60). Three gaps in the enclosure wall are probably original entrances, with additional breaks in the internal banks giving access to the individual compartments. Although none of the compartments can be confidently identified as the site of a house, the monument does bear comparison to Iron Age/Romano-British settlements both at Eller Beck/High Park and elsewhere. It lies at the hub of a number of tracks, one of which - possibly part of a coaxial field system of Iron Age/Romano-British date (SD 67 NW 93) - it seems to overlie. This observation ties in with a suggestion made previously by Higham (4a) from AP evidence.
The enclosure is part of scheduled ancient monument Lancashire 136f (4b), although it is in fact bisected by the county boundary and lies half in Cumbria. It lies within unimproved pasture, and overall is in good condition.
Transcribed from APs and/or surveyed at 1:2500 scale as part of the RCHME High Park/Cow Close Survey (feature SC1). See report (4c) and plans in the NMR for more details. (4)
An Iron Age/Roman settlement is visible as earthworks on air photographs and lidar, at SD 6408 7837. The settlement consists of a rectilinear enclosure, with a number of internal irregular earthworks. An associated coaxial field system and hollow way are recorded separately (UID 1109071). An early medieval building is constructed into the south-easty corner (UID 1108992).The features are extant on the latest 2009 lidar.
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