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Shawdon Wood House
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0544
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0544 (544)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hedgeley
- National Grid reference
- NU 0847 1535
- Latitude
- 55.43200
- Longitude
- -1.86770
- Altitude
- 102 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.25 ha
- Footprint
- 0.77 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture
- Water source
- spring
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1951); Other (1955); Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1976)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 3161
- National record
- record NU 01 NE 23; monument 4905
- Wikidata
- Q31111107
Sources
References
- 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., 1951. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) 11, 163.
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series)