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Chester Crane Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0585

Location

Atlas number
EN0585 (585)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Ord
National Grid reference
NT 96737 51487
Latitude
55.75677
Longitude
-2.05355
Altitude
32 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
1.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1947); Other (1967); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1903); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006495
HER
Northumberland 2442
National record
record NT 95 SE 19; monument 4216
Wikidata
Q31111453

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1947. A new list of the native sites of Northumberland. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) 11 (1947), 152