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East Brandon Hill
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1853
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1853 (1853)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ingram
- National Grid reference
- NU 0463 1804
- Latitude
- 55.45630
- Longitude
- -1.92833
- Altitude
- 181 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.62 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- palisade
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (East); Oblique (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metal
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1857); Excavation (1997)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland
- National record
- record NU 01 NW 162; monument 1381885
- Wikidata
- Q31111516
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. 1857. Roman Roads in Northumberland, 56
- The Archaeological Practice, 1997. Brandon Hill, Telecommunications Mast: archaeological excavation 1997. Unpublished