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Pressen Hill
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0570
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0570 (570)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirknewton
- National Grid reference
- NT 8295 3607
- Latitude
- 55.61795
- Longitude
- -2.27226
- Altitude
- 81 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 4, SW 4, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 4
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.48 ha
- Footprint
- 1.3 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Oblique (North east); Oblique (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and lowland
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 700
- National record
- record NT 83 NW 30; monument 1167
- Wikidata
- Q31111251
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, 125-171.