. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE what oval at the base,' and that 'the sea has resumed its destructive ravages, and has already sv^^ept away a part of the Mount,' and the present writer's measurements (taken about 1889), when compared with those of Close's plan' seem to show that the cliff has lost, since that time, about 20 ft. to 30 ft. with a portion of the ditch and mount. West' himself records the tradition that the parish church, now also on the cliff edge, stood at one time in the centre of the parish. The Mote or Mount itself
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE what oval at the base,' and that 'the sea has resumed its destructive ravages, and has already sv^^ept away a part of the Mount,' and the present writer's measurements (taken about 1889), when compared with those of Close's plan' seem to show that the cliff has lost, since that time, about 20 ft. to 30 ft. with a portion of the ditch and mount. West' himself records the tradition that the parish church, now also on the cliff edge, stood at one time in the centre of the parish. The Mote or Mount itself was in any case the earliest castle of Alding- ham, and it belongs to a class the history of which is now being considered by antiquaries. The square plot is a homestead moat, probably of later times. Apparently neither mount nor square ever contained stone buildings. (Class H) * Ancient village sites protected by ramparts or fosses' As already stated there are in this district numerous village sites and walled inclosures, but in the absence of definite exploration they can hardly be claimed as defensive works. At the same time it seems desirable to mention the sites of examples fully described and for the most part illustrated in Archaeologia? Bannishead Moor, on the moor near Coniston. Birkrigg Common, Appleby Slack, about two miles from Ulverston. Scrow Moss, near base of Coniston Moor. Dunnerdale Fell, on the slope of Great Stickle to the west. Heathwaite Fell, about half a mile south-west of Blawith Knott. Heathwaite Fell, Stone Rings, about half a mile north of Heathwaite Fell Seathwaite Stone Walls, Long House Close. Urswick, Holme Bank, about three miles south of 4-64-. SCALE or TEET 10 O 100 300 ^^oo â¢4-67 High Haume, Dalton in Furness (Class X) ''Defensive earthworks which fall under none of the above enumerated headings' D ALTON-IN-FURNESS: High Haume.âOn an eminence 500 ft. above sea level is a mount, partly fossed, which would come under Class D, bu
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