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Hetton Dean West
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1114
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1114 (1114)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chatton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0370 3508
- Latitude
- 55.60935
- Longitude
- -1.94282
- Altitude
- 90 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- 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
- 0.4 ha
- Footprint
- 1.3 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Hornwork (South west); Simple Gap (South east); In-turned (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- lowland and spur
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1955); Other (1964); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); Other (2000)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 3677
- National record
- record NU 03 NW 3; monument 6090
- Wikidata
- Q31111479
Sources
References
- Hope Dodds, M. (ed). 1935. Northumberland County History 14, 63.
- Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. 2012. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland. Till-Tweed studies, Vol 2. Oxbow