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Brandon Dean Camp

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN3116

Location

Atlas number
EN3116 (3116)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Ingram
National Grid reference
NU 04397 17858
Latitude
55.45459
Longitude
-1.93202
Altitude
169 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and hillslope
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1867); Other (1949); Other (1957); Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006528
HER
Northumberland 3068
National record
record NU 01 NW 18; monument 4993
Wikidata
Q31112432

Sources

References

  1. MacLauchlan M. 1867. Roman Roads in Northumberland, 56.