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Camp Knowe
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0492
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0492 (492)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Alwinton
- National Grid reference
- NT 92564 07826
- Latitude
- 55.36441
- Longitude
- -2.11885
- Altitude
- 259 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.48 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, rubble, counterscarp bank, and berm
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1940); Other (1957); Other (1966); Other (1970); Other (1976); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1008281
- HER
- Northumberland 1039
- National record
- record NT 90 NW 2; monument 1505
- Wikidata
- Q31110841
Sources
References
- Dodds, M.H. 1940. A History of Northumberland, Volume 15 (Newcastle upon Tyne), 56.
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62; 121