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Catcherside Camp
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN2699
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2699 (2699)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirkwhelpington
- National Grid reference
- NY 9896 8725
- Latitude
- 55.17964
- Longitude
- -2.01787
- Altitude
- 251 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.28 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1827); Other (1967); Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011100
- HER
- Northumberland 9422 (second identifier 10170*0 (NT))
- National record
- record NY 98 NE 16; monument 19294
- Wikidata
- Q31112421
Sources
References
- Gates, T. 2002. The Archaeology of the Wallington Estate: An Air Photographic Survey. Photographic Archive. Unpublished
- Hodgson, J C, 1827. History of Northumberland, part 2, vol 1
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43