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Hethpool Bell
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1922
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1922 (1922)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirknewton
- National Grid reference
- NT 9019 2880
- Latitude
- 55.55291
- Longitude
- -2.15693
- Altitude
- 204 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
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 0.2 ha
- Footprint
- 0.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- east, south, and west
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1955); Other (1976); Earthwork Survey (2000); Other (2014); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1919-1922); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1002912
- HER
- Northumberland 1397
- National record
- record NT 92 NW 11; monument 2834
- Wikidata
- Q31111731
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
- MacLauchlan, H. 1919-22. Notes on camps in the parishes of Branxton, Carham, Ford, Kirknewton and Wooler in Northumberland. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club, 469
- Pearson T, 2000. A prehistoric enclosure on Hethpool Bell, Northumberland. English Heritage