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The Heugh, Detchant
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2431
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2431 (2431)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Middleton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0961 3627
- Latitude
- 55.61996
- Longitude
- -1.84896
- Altitude
- 70 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and hillslope
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1864); Other (1964); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 3742
- National record
- record NU 03 NE 12; monument 6066
- Wikidata
- Q31111960
Sources
References
- Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 63
- MacLauchlan, H. 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street (London), 37