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Chubden Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0481
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0481 (481)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Alnham
- National Grid reference
- NU 0243 1353
- Latitude
- 55.41573
- Longitude
- -1.96302
- Altitude
- 225 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort and hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures and rectangular stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1867); Other (1934); Other (1957); Other (1970); Earthwork Survey (1976); Other (1976); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006545
- HER
- Northumberland 3197
- National record
- record NU 01 SW 8; monument 5361
- Wikidata
- Q31110783
Sources
References
- MacLauchlan, H. 1867. Additional Notes to Roman Roads in Northumberland (Newcastle upon Tyne), 55
- Topping, P. and Pearson, T. 1988. The South-East Cheviots Project: A Descriptive Account of the Prehistoric Landscape. Research Department Report Series no. 83-2003