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Great Wanney
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0575
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0575 (575)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirkwhelpington
- National Grid reference
- NY 93178 83378
- Latitude
- 55.14475
- Longitude
- -2.10869
- Altitude
- 312 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Footprint
- 0.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- north and northwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (1965); Other (1967); Other (1993); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011102
- HER
- Northumberland 9500
- National record
- record NY 98 SW 8; monument 19478
- Wikidata
- Q31111410
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1946-50. A new list of native sites in Northumberland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle (4th Series) 11, 171
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43