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The Old Hag
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0505
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0505 (505)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Callaly
- National Grid reference
- NU 0522 1045
- Latitude
- 55.38802
- Longitude
- -1.91915
- Altitude
- 95 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.19 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- lowland
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1864); Other (1949); Other (1957); Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1862)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011094
- HER
- Northumberland 3242
- National record
- record NU 01 SE 13; monument 5266
- Wikidata
- Q17651029
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A., 1946-50. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle (4th Series) 11, 165.
- MacLauchlan, H., 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street (London), 54.