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Middle Dod Law

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN1931

Location

Atlas number
EN1931 (1931)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Doddington
National Grid reference
NU 00637 31711
Latitude
55.57909
Longitude
-1.99145
Altitude
198 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
0.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Other Forms (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
Other (1955); Other (1964); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1863-1868); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1002946
HER
Northumberland 3794
National record
record NU 03 SW 17; monument 6265
Wikidata
Q31111755

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. and Hogg, N. 1956. Doddington and Horton Moors. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 34, 145 and 147.
  2. Jobey, G. 1965. Hill Forts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43, 62 No. 76.