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Penshaw Hill
Sunderland, England ยท Atlas EN3115
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3115 (3115)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Sunderland
- Historic county
- County Durham
- Parish, community, or townland
- Sunderland
- National Grid reference
- NZ 3345 5442
- Latitude
- 54.88350
- Longitude
- -1.48000
- Altitude
- 121 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1768); Earthwork Survey (2010)
Identifiers
- HER
- Tyne and Wear 16664
- Wikidata
- Q31119783
Sources
References
- Archaeo-Environment Ltd 2010. Historic Environment Survey for National Trust Properties, Tyne and Wear. Penshaw Monument. Report No: 0074/1-10. www.aenvironment.co.uk/downloads/Penshaw%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed Jun 2015