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Brinklaw
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0503
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0503 (503)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Brinkburn & Hesleyhurst
- National Grid reference
- NZ 1176 9849
- Latitude
- 55.28044
- Longitude
- -1.81641
- Altitude
- 62 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 2.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory, lowland, and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1864); Other (1957); Other (1971); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 11312
- National record
- record NZ 19 NW 7; monument 23445
- Wikidata
- Q31110819
Sources
References
- Jobey, G .1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana 4th Series, 62, No 71
- MacLauchlan, H. 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street (London), 14