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Gunnerton Crag Camps

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0520

Location

Atlas number
EN0520 (520)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Chollerton
National Grid reference
NY 9140 7490
Latitude
55.06852
Longitude
-2.13620
Altitude
153 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures, curvilinear platforms, and other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Excavation (1880); Excavation (1942); Other (1962); Other (1966); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1894-1899); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1002908
HER
Northumberland 9285
National record
record NY 97 SW 14; monument 19145
Wikidata
Q31111013

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1942. Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. Archaeol Aeliana 4 ser 20; 155-73
  2. Rome Hall, G. 1885. Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. Archaeol Aeliana 10; 12-37