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Flodden Edge Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0533

Location

Atlas number
EN0533 (533)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Ford
National Grid reference
NT 9145 3495
Latitude
55.60811
Longitude
-2.13727
Altitude
101 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Footprint
0.68 ha
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and lowland
Aspect
southeast
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1971); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006449
HER
Northumberland 2049
National record
record NT 93 SW 43; monument 3941
Wikidata
Q31111122

Sources

References

  1. McCord, N. & Jobey, G. 1971. Notes on air reconnaissance in Northumberland and Durham - II, Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 49, 123
  2. Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. 2012. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland. Till-Tweed studies, Vol 2. Oxbow