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Burrowses Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0574

Location

Atlas number
EN0574 (574)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Kirknewton
National Grid reference
NT 9311 3063
Latitude
55.56932
Longitude
-2.11081
Altitude
52 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
3
Enclosed area
0.8 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland and spur
Aspect
north
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1867); Other (1967); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 2026
National record
record NT 93 SW 29; monument 3919
Wikidata
Q31111291

Sources

References

  1. MacLauchlan,H. 1867. Additional Notes to Memoir to Roman Roads in Northumberland. 45
  2. Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. 2012. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland. Till-Tweed studies, Vol 2. Oxbow