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Hetha Burn West
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4129
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4129 (4129)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Kirknewton
- National Grid reference
- NT 8788 2748
- Latitude
- 55.54092
- Longitude
- -2.19361
- Altitude
- 194 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort and marsh fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 0.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- guard chambers, annex, and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Oblique (North); Recesses/Guard Chambers (South); Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- valley bottom and hillslope
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1867); Other (1956); Other (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1856-1865)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1014497
- HER
- Northumberland 637
- National record
- record NT 82 NE 73; monument 908
- Wikidata
- Q31112435
Sources
References
- MacLauchlan, H. 1867. Notes not included in the memoirs already published on Roman roads in Northumberland (Alnwick), 38-9