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Hepburn Wood Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1928
Location
- Atlas number
- EN1928 (1928)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chillingham
- National Grid reference
- NU 0676 2351
- Latitude
- 55.50535
- Longitude
- -1.89452
- Altitude
- 98 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Footprint
- 1.06 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, rubble, and palisade
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and lowland
- Aspect
- southwest and west
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1935); Other (1955); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1903)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 3610
- National record
- record NU 02 SE 12; monument 5768
- Wikidata
- Q31111593
Sources
References
- Dodds, M.H., 1935. A History of Northumberland, Volume 14 (Newcastle upon Tyne), 64.
- 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, 125-171
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43