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The Kettles
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN0596
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0596 (596)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Wooler
- National Grid reference
- NT 9847 2730
- Latitude
- 55.53945
- Longitude
- -2.02579
- Altitude
- 160 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort and hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 2, SW 1, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 2.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop, inland promontory, and hillslope
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metal
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1850); Other (1934); Other (1955); Other (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006530
- HER
- Northumberland 1546
- National record
- record NT 92 NE 58; monument 2671
- Wikidata
- Q31111613
Sources
References
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
- Home, R , G.1850. 'Address to the Members, delivered at the Anniversary Meeting held at Newtown, September 8th, 1852'. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 3 (1850-56), 85-98