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. 



Heath waite 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 Ulverston. 



4-64-. 



SCALE or TEET 



10 O 100 300 



^^oo 



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High Haume, Dalton in Furness 



(Class X) 



''Defensive earthworks 

 which fall under none of the 

 above enumerated headings' 



D ALTON-IN-FURNESS : 



High Haume. — On an 

 eminence 500 ft. above 

 sea level is a mount, partly 

 fossed, which would come 

 under Class D, but that 

 so far as can be judged it 

 is more likely to have 

 been a beacon hill than a 

 stronghold. The fosse is 

 only about 4 ft. deep at 

 the north-east and be- 



', ^y®*^' .P'' ■^"''l"'''" ofFumes! (ed. W. Close, 1805), 389-91. 

 \ ol. Im. ' The ancient settlements. Cemeteries and Earthworb of Fumess. 



558 



Ibid. 



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