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Camp Field

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2013

Location

Atlas number
EN2013 (2013)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Duddo
National Grid reference
NT 9563 4324
Latitude
55.68266
Longitude
-2.07096
Altitude
80 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort and level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.98 ha
Enclosure areas
0.4 ha, 0.98 ha
Footprint
1.1 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
southeast
Land use
arable and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1947); Other (1964); Other (1967); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 2378
National record
record NT 94 SE 5; monument 4071
Wikidata
Q31111675

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62, 123
  2. Hogg A.H.A. 1947. A new list of the native sites of Northumberland. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series)