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Randy Burn Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0498

Location

Atlas number
EN0498 (498)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Bewick
National Grid reference
NU 0572 1954
Latitude
55.46969
Longitude
-1.91104
Altitude
81 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
5
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
0.68 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
palisade
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 3168
National record
record NU 01 NE 36; monument 1378735
Wikidata
Q31110782

Sources

References

  1. Deegan, A. 2003. Till-Tweed ALSF/NMP Project Northumberland Summary Report. Aerial Survey Report Series AER/6/2003. English Heritage
  2. Gates, T and Deegan, A. 2009. Monuments in the Landscape in Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. (eds). Managing Archaeological Landscapes in Northumberland. Till-Tweed Studies, Vol 1. Oxbow, 125-171