Carrock Fell hillfort | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

The Eternal Apr 16, 2005 00:19:51

Following my site posts, does anyone know anything about Carrock Fell hillfort? All I can find is that it is "ancient British" and is of "indeterminate age". It appears to be Iron Age to me, but is unusual in its altitude, 2,174 feet above sea level. It's well worth a visit, and is very lonely. I arrived at the end of a 7 hour day wandering on the fells, so didn't have very long. I descended the steep slopes to the valley like an ancient Britton, with creaking knees. I only saw two other people all day.

wideford Apr 16, 2005 10:44:45

Replying to The Eternal

From Pastscape :
NY33SW 1 at NY34253364 is an (?IA) univallate hillfort of 1.9 hectares. It goes around two summits, lending it a cardioid shape. This fort was either never finished or was 'slighted'. eithin its interior are two (?BA) cairns NY33SW 5 at NY34333363 . Both of these have been damaged by walkers by use as shelters, and the eastern one has probably been damaged [my thought is all three items are co-eval, with the cairns as maybe hut-circles or BA houses].

fitzcoraldo Apr 16, 2005 22:33:35

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Mark Edmonds thinks that Carrock Fell is one of the sites that should be reassessed following the discovery of a a possible Neolithic enclosure on Aughertree Fell and the enclosure at Long Meg

MJB Apr 19, 2005 09:42:19

Replying to The Eternal

See 'Rethinking the Carrock Fell enclosure' by Trevor Pearson and Peter Topping, in "Enclosures in Neolithic Europe", edited by Gill Varndell and Peter Topping, published by Oxbow Books in 2002 (pages 121-7). It includes an interpretative survey and full discussion of the site, and comparison with the likes of Aughertree Fell (also published in the same volume). Is it Neolithic? I'm afraid ultimately only excavation can answer that one.