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Sandy House Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0532
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0532 (532)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ewart
- National Grid reference
- NT 9315 3218
- Latitude
- 55.58325
- Longitude
- -2.11022
- Altitude
- 69 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Number of ditches
- 4
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 0.8 ha
- Footprint
- 2.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- palisade
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and lowland
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1966); Other (1973); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1002914
- HER
- Northumberland 2027 (second identifier 59981 (Canmore))
- National record
- record NT 93 SW 30; monument 3922
- Wikidata
- Q31111119
Sources
References
- Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. 2012. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland. Till-Tweed studies, Vol 2. Oxbow, 72.