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The Heugh
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2038
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2038 (2038)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hedley on the Hill
- National Grid reference
- NZ 0979 5604
- Latitude
- 54.89901
- Longitude
- -1.84887
- Altitude
- 110 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and spur
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1891)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 9851
- Wikidata
- Q31111807
Sources
References
- Featherstonehaugh, A. 1891. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle 5, 99
- Reed, A. H. 1968. A watching brief on a sewage pipeline at Ebchester. Archaeol Newsbull Northumberland, Cumbria and Westmoreland 6-7: 1-42.