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Chatton Law Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1076
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1076 (1076)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chatton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0721 2940
- Latitude
- 55.55828
- Longitude
- -1.88715
- Altitude
- 171 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 3, SW 2, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.17 ha
- Footprint
- 0.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (South east); Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- pasture and heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1864); Other (1955); Other (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006552
- HER
- Northumberland 3396
- National record
- record NU 02 NE 8; monument 5452
- Wikidata
- Q31111641
Sources
References
- Gates, T. and Deegan, A. 2009. Monuments in the Landscape in Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. (eds). Managing Archaeological Landscapes in Northumberland. Till-Tweed Studies, Vol 1. Oxbow, 125-71.
- MacLauchlan, H. 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street. 33 London.