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Blakelaw
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2048
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2048 (2048)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Tillside
- National Grid reference
- NU 0399 2735
- Latitude
- 55.53989
- Longitude
- -1.93832
- Altitude
- 84 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.23 ha
- Footprint
- 0.5 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and lowland
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1975); Other (1981); Other (2012)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006410
- HER
- Northumberland 3318
- National record
- record NU 02 NW 41; monument 5705
- Wikidata
- Q31112392
Sources
References
- Clack P.A.G. and Gosling P.F. 1975, Archaeology in the North, 90
- Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. 2012. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland. Till-Tweed studies, Vol 2. Oxbow