Iron Age site, South Kirkby
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Iron Age site, South Kirkby
Image: © David Pickersgill Taken: 19 Mar 2008
Probably not a hill fort as once believed, because it's on the side of a hill not the summit (which is several hundred yards to the west) and there has been little evidence found of human activity. More likely a defensive enclosure from the years prior to the Roman invasion.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.589097
Longitude
-1.342963