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Whittle Hill
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0583
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0583 (583)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Meldon
- National Grid reference
- NZ 1204 8578
- Latitude
- 55.16622
- Longitude
- -1.81254
- Altitude
- 110 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches and gang working
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1832); Other (1971); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006431
- HER
- Northumberland 11038
- National record
- record NZ 18 NW 5; monument 23289
- Wikidata
- Q31111446
Sources
References
- Hodgson, J.C. 1832. History of Northumberland 2/2 (Newcastle), 83
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 142
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43