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Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag

England
List entry 1012940
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012940
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.28 hectares
Grid reference
NY 24958 15934
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Crag is a univallate hillfort situated in Cumberland, England. The monument comprises a single defensive rampart enclosing the summit of the crag, characteristic of Iron Age hillfort construction in northern Britain. The site's elevated position provides commanding views of the surrounding landscape, typical of fortified settlements from this period that served both defensive and territorial functions. Castle Crag represents an important example of prehistoric fortification in the Lake District region.

Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012940. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag?

Castle Crag is a univallate hillfort situated in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012940.

Who is responsible for protecting Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag?

Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012940.

What other scheduled monuments are near Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Brund Fell (1.2 km), St Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey Buttress (2 km), Long Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall Buttress (2.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Brund Fell
1.2 km
St Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey Buttress
2 km
Long Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall Buttress
2.2 km
Dale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale Head
2.5 km
Dale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale Head
2.7 km
Reecastle Crag hillfort
3 km
Goldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leats
3.5 km
Borrowdale graphite mines and associated grinding mill, 660m north west of Seathwaite
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag

Slight univallate hillfort on Castle Crag stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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