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Lucker Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0483

Location

Atlas number
EN0483 (483)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Adderstone with Lucker
National Grid reference
NU 1463 2920
Latitude
55.55631
Longitude
-1.76953
Altitude
67 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1951); Other (1955); Other (1968); Other (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006478
HER
Northumberland 4916
National record
record NU 12 NW 19; monument 7398
Wikidata
Q31110802

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1951. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) 11
  2. Jobey, G. 1965. Hill Forts and Settlements in Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4th series, 43.