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Kyloe Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0577

Location

Atlas number
EN0577 (577)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Kyloe
National Grid reference
NU 05168 38893
Latitude
55.64359
Longitude
-1.91945
Altitude
152 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
0.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west); Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
northeast
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1965); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006479
HER
Northumberland 3743
National record
record NU 03 NE 13; monument 6071
Wikidata
Q31111414

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 125
  2. Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43