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Halidon
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0501
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0501 (501)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Berwick-Upon-Tweed
- National Grid reference
- NT 9678 5480
- Latitude
- 55.78654
- Longitude
- -2.05291
- Altitude
- 152 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.26 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- south and level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1951); Other (1967); Other (1987)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1003657
- HER
- Northumberland 2445 (second identifier 60087 (Canmore))
- National record
- record NT 95 SE 22; monument 4227
- Wikidata
- Q31110888
Sources
References
- 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, 125-71.