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Towtop Kirk

Pete or dud lock

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ArchSearch comes up with Bampton Towtop Kirk as an enclosure that could be the result of digging for peat , whereas ARCHI in 2001 has it down as early Christian enclosure ( whatever that is ) .

Checking the EH record via MAGIC calls it an early Christian irregular shaped circular enclosure 40m in diameter surrounded by a low turf covered bank of piled small stones. In the centre of the enclosure are the remains of the foundations of a horseshoe shaped building. There is also the remains of a later peat drying platform.

Considering that the site has only had a 'limited excavation' in 1902 and has been described elswhere as a henge, also bearing in mind the prehistory of the area and the significance of circular early christian sites, I thought this curious site worthy of posting. Thoughts of a lakeland version of Knowlton came to mind.