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East Moneylaws Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0508
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0508 (508)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Carham
- National Grid reference
- NT 88068 35401
- Latitude
- 55.61210
- Longitude
- -2.19097
- Altitude
- 189 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 3, SW 3, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.42 ha
- Footprint
- 1.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1951); Other (1966); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1919-1922)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006523
- HER
- Northumberland 731
- National record
- record NT 83 NE 11; monument 1109
- Wikidata
- Q31110903
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.
- MacLauchlan, H. 1919-22. Notes on camps in the parishes of Branxton, Carham, Ford, Kirknewton and Wooler in Northumberland. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 24, 462-3