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Kay Hill
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0515
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0515 (515)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chatton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0701 2699
- Latitude
- 55.53662
- Longitude
- -1.89048
- Altitude
- 130 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.23 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- pasture
- Water source
- well or cistern
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1852); Other (1955); Other (1969); Other (1974); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1903)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 3409
- National record
- record NU 02 NE 21; monument 5505
- Wikidata
- Q31110873
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.
- Hogg A.H.A. 1951. Proc Society Antiq Newcastle upon Tyne, 11, 158
- Jobey, G .1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana. No. 132, 43, 64
- MacLauchlan, H. 1858. Memoir written during a survey of the Roman wall, through the counties of Northumberland and Cumberland, in the years 1852-1854. Made by direction of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 34