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Doddington

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2034

Location

Atlas number
EN2034 (2034)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Doddington
National Grid reference
NT 98056 33369
Latitude
55.59359
Longitude
-2.31002
Altitude
45 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
4
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 4, NW 4
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
7
Enclosed area
1 ha
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west); Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1978); Other (1979); Other (2012)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1002918
HER
Northumberland 2151
National record
record NT 93 SE 23; monument 3814
Wikidata
Q31112001

Sources

References

  1. Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. 2012. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland. Till-Tweed studies, Vol 2. Oxbow