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Tinkler's Dene
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0506
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0506 (506)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Callaly
- National Grid reference
- NU 0493 0879
- Latitude
- 55.37310
- Longitude
- -1.92375
- Altitude
- 157 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.24 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- curvilinear platforms
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1864); Other (1976); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011095
- HER
- Northumberland 2734
- National record
- record NU 00 NW 3; monument 4383
- Wikidata
- Q31110894
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 123.
- MacLauchlan, H. 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street. (London), 53.