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Beanley Moor
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0543
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0543 (543)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hedgeley
- National Grid reference
- NU 0929 1781
- Latitude
- 55.45409
- Longitude
- -1.85466
- Altitude
- 213 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 6
- Enclosed area
- 0.3 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.18 ha, 0.3 ha
- Footprint
- 0.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- annex and multi-period enclosure system
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west); Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- commercial forestry, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1922); Other (1949); Other (1955); Other (1958); Other (1970); Other (1997); Other (1998); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1007453
- HER
- Northumberland 3146
- National record
- record NU 01 NE 8; monument 4838
- Wikidata
- Q31111175
Sources
References
- Anon. 1998. Beanley Hillfort, Beanley, Northumberland: archaeological walkover survey. The Archaeological Practice Unpublished assessment & evaluation reports.
- Gates, T. and Deegan, A. 2009. Monuments in the Landscape in Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. (eds). Managing Archaeological Landscapes in Northumberland. Till-Tweed Studies, Vol 1. Oxbow, 125-71.
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 124
- Hodgson, J.C. 1922. The Lordship, the Manor and the Township of Beanley. Archaeol Aeliana (3rd Series) XIX, 59-60
- Jobey, G.1965 Hillforts and Settlements. Archaeol Aeliana, 4th Series, 43, 61