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Scotch Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0582

Location

Atlas number
EN0582 (582)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Earle
National Grid reference
NU 0018 2562
Latitude
55.52436
Longitude
-1.99870
Altitude
91 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
In-turned (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1946)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 3279
National record
record NU 02 NW 2; monument 5548
Wikidata
Q31111350

Sources

References

  1. Hogg A.H.A. 1947. A new list of the native sites of Northumberland, Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) vol. 11, 159