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South Buckton Moor
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1913
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1913 (1913)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kyloe
- National Grid reference
- NU 0700 3758
- Latitude
- 55.63177
- Longitude
- -1.89037
- Altitude
- 78 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Footprint
- 1.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west); Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1864); Other (1951); Other (1964); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006511
- HER
- Northumberland 3732
- National record
- record NU 03 NE 2; monument 6030
- Wikidata
- Q31111727
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 125
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
- MacLauchlan, H. 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street (London), 37