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Roseden Edge
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2025
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2025 (2025)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ilderton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0243 2169
- Latitude
- 55.48904
- Longitude
- -1.96309
- Altitude
- 185 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.33 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop, hillslope, and spur
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1955); Other (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865); 1st Identified Written Reference (1885-1886)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 3500
- National record
- record NU 02 SW 24; monument 5937
- Wikidata
- Q31111730
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A.1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62, 124.
- Hardy, J.1885-6. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 11, 276-8
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43