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Blackchesters
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0534
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0534 (534)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ford
- National Grid reference
- NT 9638 3793
- Latitude
- 55.63495
- Longitude
- -2.05905
- Altitude
- 146 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort and hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and hillslope
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1965); Other (1967); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1864)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 1950
- National record
- record NT 93 NE 8; monument 3587
- Wikidata
- Q31111045
Sources
References
- Jobey G. 1965, Hillforts and settlements in Northumberland. Arch Aeliana (4th Series) vol. 43