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Tosson Burgh
Northumberland, England · Atlas EN0595
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0595 (595)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Whitton and Tosson
- National Grid reference
- NU 02346 00481
- Latitude
- 55.29846
- Longitude
- -1.96459
- Altitude
- 228 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.43 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South); Over-lapping (South); Other Forms (East); Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- 1200–800 BC, 800–400 BC, and 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metal
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1867); Other (1892); Other (1932); Other (1957); Other (1971); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011267
- HER
- Northumberland 2817
- National record
- record NU 00 SW 3; monument 4628
- Wikidata
- Q31111582
Sources
References
- Hedley, R C. 1892. The Prehistoric Camps of Northumberland Archaeol Aeliana 2 ser 12 33-36
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1947. A new list of the native sites of Northumberland. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) 11, 167
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
- MacLauchlan, H. 1867. Notes not included in the memoirs already published on Roman roads in Northumberland (Alnwick), 88