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Colwell Hill Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0587
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0587 (587)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Otterburn
- National Grid reference
- NY 9072 9383
- Latitude
- 55.23861
- Longitude
- -2.14748
- Altitude
- 261 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 6
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Footprint
- 1.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east); Oblique (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- southeast and northwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- other roundhouse evidence
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1879); Other (1957); Other (1962); Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1007526
- HER
- Northumberland 9740
- National record
- record NY 99 SW 11; monument 19700
- Wikidata
- Q31111473
Sources
References
- Hardy, J.1879-81. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, 9, 461-2.
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 141