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Farhill Crags
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0527
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0527 (527)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Easington
- National Grid reference
- NU 1290 3419
- Latitude
- 55.60119
- Longitude
- -1.79682
- Altitude
- 61 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Also recorded
- guard chambers and annex
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp, hillslope, and spur
- Aspect
- level
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (1846); Other (1964); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 5119
- National record
- record NU 13 SW 9; monument 7711
- Wikidata
- Q31110977
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 126
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
- Jobey, G 1955. A note on Farhill Crags. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle. 5 ser 1(9) 350-1
- MacLauchlan, H. 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street. London.