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Rothley Stell
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2696
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2696 (2696)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Rothley
- National Grid reference
- NZ 0422 8850
- Latitude
- 55.19083
- Longitude
- -1.93524
- Altitude
- 229 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 1, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.37 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South); Hollow Way (South); Blocked (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and hillslope
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1827); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Earthwork Survey (1965)
Identifiers
- HER
- National Trust 13001
- National record
- record NZ 08 NW 2; monument 20972
- Wikidata
- Q31111970
Sources
References
- Hodgson, J C, 1827. History of Northumberland, part 2, vol 1. (306) (2)
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43