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Hart Law

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1723

Location

Atlas number
EN1723 (1723)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Alnham
National Grid reference
NT 98855 12818
Latitude
55.40932
Longitude
-2.01963
Altitude
335 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
0
Breaks through the ramparts
6
Enclosed area
0.75 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and palisade

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Other (1985); Earthwork Survey (1989)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006417
HER
Northumberland 1358
National record
record NT 91 SE 29; monument 1033824
Wikidata
Q31111656

Sources

References

  1. Field, D. 1988. SE Cheviots Project. RCHME: 26-May-1988
  2. Topping, P. and Pearson, T. 1988. The South-East Cheviots Project: A Descriptive Account of the Prehistoric Landscape. Research Department Report Series no. 83-2003