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Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling

Asby, United Kingdom

Castle Folds or Castlesteads was a Romano-British walled settlement on Great Asby Scar – an area of limestone pavement in the parish of Asby, Cumbria, England. In medieval times, it was used as a shieling – a temporary summer shelter. It is now in ruins but is protected as a scheduled monument.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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