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Shildon Hill
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2063
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2063 (2063)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bywell
- National Grid reference
- NZ 0342 6698
- Latitude
- 54.99741
- Longitude
- -1.94807
- Altitude
- 187 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, palisade, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- south and southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1902); Other (1956); Other (1966); Other (1977); Other (1988); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1017729
- HER
- Northumberland 9961
- National record
- record NZ 06 NW 15; monument 20492
- Wikidata
- Q31112395
Sources
References
- Hodgson, J.C., 1902. A History of Northumberland, Vol. 6 (Newcastle upon Tyne), 88.
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43