Lowick Low Stead Iron Age hillfort (Lowick)
Cropmarks of a possible Romano-British settlement were recorded from the air at NU 012388. (1)
Cropmarks of an enclosure were recorded from the air in 1977 at NU 012388. (2)
Additional bibliography. (3)
NU 01243877. Lowick possible hillfort or circular defended settlement crop mark. Aerial photographs indicate a crop mark double-ditched circular enclosure apparently with opposed entrances in the west and east ditches have diameters of c.100m and c.75m. The site would appear to be defensive, no indication of internal occupation on aerial photographs. (4)(5)
NU 012388. Aerial photographs show crop marks of two parallel pit alignments running north from the above enclosure. (6)
A bivallate fort or defended settlement occupies sloping ground at 115m OD. The fort is almost perfectly circular and is enclosed by two concentric ditches, 5-10m broad and set 8-12m apart. The overall diameter of the outer ditch is 100m N-S by 110m E-W and that of the inner ditch 75m N-S by 80m E-W. The internal area of the fort is estimated at 0.33ha. There appear to be two opposed entrances on the E and W sides though the break in the inner ditch on the W side is not so clear as those elsewhere. No certain traces of internal habitation are visible on any of the available air photographs. (7)(9f)
Lowick Low Stead (South Stead). Single ring. (8)
Aerial photograph references. (9a-e)
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeology Project. (See archive object MD000298) (9)
Cropmarks of an enclosure were recorded from the air in 1977 at NU 012388. (2)
Additional bibliography. (3)
NU 01243877. Lowick possible hillfort or circular defended settlement crop mark. Aerial photographs indicate a crop mark double-ditched circular enclosure apparently with opposed entrances in the west and east ditches have diameters of c.100m and c.75m. The site would appear to be defensive, no indication of internal occupation on aerial photographs. (4)(5)
NU 012388. Aerial photographs show crop marks of two parallel pit alignments running north from the above enclosure. (6)
A bivallate fort or defended settlement occupies sloping ground at 115m OD. The fort is almost perfectly circular and is enclosed by two concentric ditches, 5-10m broad and set 8-12m apart. The overall diameter of the outer ditch is 100m N-S by 110m E-W and that of the inner ditch 75m N-S by 80m E-W. The internal area of the fort is estimated at 0.33ha. There appear to be two opposed entrances on the E and W sides though the break in the inner ditch on the W side is not so clear as those elsewhere. No certain traces of internal habitation are visible on any of the available air photographs. (7)(9f)
Lowick Low Stead (South Stead). Single ring. (8)
Aerial photograph references. (9a-e)
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeology Project. (See archive object MD000298) (9)
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