More information : SD 639748. Iron Age/Romano-British settlement,
Collingholme. Scheduled. The site comprises a sub-rectangular,
low-banked enclosure, 80 x 80m, cut off on the north-west side
by a field road serving Collingholme Farm. To the north-east the
enclosure is scooped into a slight scarp and on the south west
there is an earth bank about 1.50m. high. Little trace of any
enclosing bank can be seen on the south east side. Within
the enclosure are a number of hut circles and platforms, mainly
cluttered around the edges of the enclosure. There is one central,
raised paddock with a well-defined hut platform attached to it.
The earthworks are slight, but consistent with the 'Cumbrian'
type of settlement. (1)
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