More information : [NY 6010 3498] Fort (O.E.] (1)
A pentagonal enclosure consisting of a double bank with ditch
between, astride the road from Langwathby to Ousby at Crewgarth.
Probably the site of a moated manor house of 12th - 14th century date
(i.e. before the Pele tower came into use)
An urn, not described, and fragments of ruined walls were found
before 1840; the upper half of a quern, a mortar and a possible stone
axe were found when levelling the bank before 1884. The latter
objects were seen in July 1884 when the society visited the site.
Crawford considered the earthwork to be a recent enclosure round a
copse.
Detail S.W. of the road destroyed during road improvement. (5) (2-5)
The feature has been partly destroyed by road re-alignment.
Surviving features indicate a weak, ditched enclosure in marshy
ground with an out-lying broad ditch, possibly a pond. There is no
evidence of a building site but nearby indications of medieval fields
and drainage; the whole does not seem of great antiquity or
archaeological significance.
Resurveyed at 1/2500. (6)
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