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Dod Law West

Northumberland, England · Atlas EN0525

Dod Law West is a contour fort in Doddington, Northumberland, England.

Other names on the record: West Camp Dod Law.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 0.37 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, a cliff, plateau edge, or scarp, and a spur, at 182 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400 (Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as A - High.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1002946).

Location

Atlas number
EN0525 (525)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Doddington
National Grid reference
NU 00410 31710
Latitude
55.57908
Longitude
-1.99505
Altitude
182 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 3, NW 2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
6
Enclosed area
0.37 ha
Footprint
0.89 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, and palisade
Also recorded
annex and multi-period enclosure system
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (South east); Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop, cliff, plateau edge, or scarp, and spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
A - High

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures and rectangular stone structures
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations
Other (1955); Other (1964); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1863-1869); Excavation (1920-1929); Excavation (1984-1985); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1002946
HER
Northumberland 3795
National record
record NU 03 SW 18; monument 6272
Wikidata
Q31111070

Sources

References

  1. Anon. 1923-5 Hist Berwick Nat Club 25 1923-5, 204-5 (Report of Meeting)
  2. Horn, J. Forthcoming. The dating of hillforts in Britain and Ireland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.
  3. Jobey G. 1965, Hillforts and settlements in Northumberland, Arch. Aeliana (4th Series) 43. No. 35, 61
  4. Maddison M. & Sellers P. 1990, A survey of Doddington and Horton Moors, Northumberland. Northern Arch. vol. 10. 29-76
  5. Smith, C.1990 Excavations at Dod Law West hillfort, Northumberland. Northern Archaeol 9, 1-55