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Castle Hill Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0566
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0566 (566)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kilham
- National Grid reference
- NT 8989 3315
- Latitude
- 55.59195
- Longitude
- -2.16194
- Altitude
- 190 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Other Forms (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- pasture and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1966); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1919-1922); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006470
- HER
- Northumberland 871
- National record
- record NT 83 SE 26; monument 1249
- Wikidata
- Q31111332
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62.
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
- MacLauchlan, H. 1919-22. Notes on camps in the parishes of Branxton, Carham, Ford, Kirknewton and Wooler in Northumberland. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, 463