Bryant's Gill
This is a survey of the relatively untouched area near Bryant's Gill Viking era site. Few enclosures took place in this area. The black lines represent ancient wall lines contemporary with the Longhouse.
A is the early Longhouse which was excavated.
B is the ancient trackway which passes through gates in the wall lines and leads directly to A.
C is an artificial platform on the field boundary.
D is a Cairnfield on rough ground
E is a scooped platform of indeterminate age
F is a diamond-shaped inline sheepfold
G is a Victorian Goose Bield (Fox Trap)
H is a modern track leading to the Georgian sheepfold?
Thomas Hay refers to this Victorian structure as a Goose Bield, CWAAS 1943. Later Peter Fleming prefers the term Fox Trap, CWAAS 1998. There are not many of these structures surviving in Cumbria and it is interesting to note the amount of care taken in its construction. While not being of the Viking era, it is in a Viking era landscape and too important to leave undocumented.
All measurements in metres. ASL Above Sea Level
| Longhouse | Grid Reference | Length | Width | ASL |
| Bryant's Gill A | NY 44746 06346 | 11.00 | 7.50 | 300 |
| Skeel Gill? C | NY 44597 06428 | 15.00 | 5.50 | 300 |