Hanging Walls Of Mark Anthony

The lynchets or cultivation terraces lie on the breast of the hillock overlooking the beck and are laid out with two.

Hanging walls of mark anthony.

Hanging walls of mark anthony. The hanging walls of mark anthony are an area of mediæval lynchets cultivation terraces and a building platform found on the hillside above kirkland and blencarn in eastern cumberland on the lower slopes of cross fell the hanging walls are today a scheduled ancient monument. I would guess that the ruined castle was the remains of a medieval tower house attributed to the romans and more specifically mark anthony following the loss of any folk memory regarding its last occupants. The hanging walls of mark anthony medieval lynchets and building platform.

Photos maps personal memories and local books of hanging walls of mark anthony francis frith the uk s leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. Old map os county series cmd 51 14 county series maps of great britain scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile published by the ordnance survey southampton hampshire from about 1863 to 1948. Due to their prominent position they are a significant landmark in the local landscape and will contain archaeological deposits relating to their construction use and abandonment. Description the monument includes the remains of a series of medieval lynchets and a building platform situated on a hillock next to ran beck.

One source gives a date of 1600bc. He was prompt professional brought all the supplies needed to complete the job was so friendly and most importantly the work was impeccable. The track of a roman road runs up the hill slope at this point heading north and this may have influenced the name. He took the time to protect the area he was working in.

Placename hanging walls of mark anthony. Hanging walls of mark anthony kirkland culgaith cumbria 3 8 2009. Description one of the cultivation terraces can be seen as a pale green strip just below the russet hawthorns. Hanging walls of mark anthony.

Hanging walls of mark anthony. The hanging walls of mark anthony are three low artificial cultivation terraces of no great interest and without explanation of the name. The hanging walls of mark anthony lynchets and building platform are reasonably well preserved and provide insight into medieval farming practice. The walls may have quite literally been hanging due to river erosion of the bank upon which they stood.

This record has been generated from an old county number ocn scheduling record. He came out early on saturday morning. Hanging walls of mark anthony ranbeck kirkland culgaith cp related pages. This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 29 march 2016.