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Gates Hill Camp, Nidd Gorge
North Yorkshire, England ยท Atlas EN1310
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1310 (1310)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- North Yorkshire
- Historic county
- Yorkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Knaresborough
- National Grid reference
- SE 33175 58009
- Latitude
- 54.01703
- Longitude
- -1.49518
- Altitude
- 77 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort and hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.9 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1912); Other (1963); Other (2003); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- HER
- North Yorkshire MNY19013
- National record
- record SE 35 NW 1; monument 53293
- Wikidata
- Q31112554
Sources
References
- Anon/2003/Gates Hill Camp, Nidd Gorge, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire: archaeological earthwork survey. Northern Archaeological Associates [assessment & evaluation reports]. Unpublished
- Anon/2002/Gates Hill Camp, Nidd Gorge, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Archaeological desk-based assessment. Northern Archaeological Associates [assessment & evaluation reports]. Unpublished
- Middleton, P. 2003. Nidd Gorge, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire: archaeological survey. Report No 03/11. Northern Archaeological Associates [assessment & evaluation reports]. Unpublished
- Challis, A.J. and Harding, D.W., 1975. Later prehistory from the Trent to the Tyne. BAR British series 1 (1974) (ii).
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62, 144
- Speight, H. 1906. Upper Nidderdale. 109