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Gallow Law
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0491
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0491 (491)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Alwinton
- National Grid reference
- NT 9204 0709
- Latitude
- 55.35779
- Longitude
- -2.12710
- Altitude
- 270 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Footprint
- 1.21 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
- Also recorded
- guard chambers and annex
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures
- Investigations
- Other (1957); Other (1994); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1946-1950)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1008271
- HER
- Northumberland 1053
- National record
- record NT 90 NW 16; monument 1603
- Wikidata
- Q31110836
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1946-50. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) 11, 165