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Spylaw
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1822
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1822 (1822)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chatton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0493 3096
- Latitude
- 55.57232
- Longitude
- -1.92327
- Altitude
- 75 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.5 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.24 ha, 0.5 ha
- Footprint
- 0.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- palisade
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west); Oblique (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1964); Other (2002)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 26187
- National record
- record NU 03 SW 50; monument 6444
- Wikidata
- Q31111506
Sources
References
- Gates, T. 1979. CBA Grp III Bull, Ser 2 No 7 Apr 1979, 29