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Whidden Hill

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4138

Location

Atlas number
EN4138 (4138)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Norham
National Grid reference
NT 9004 4505
Latitude
55.69884
Longitude
-2.16002
Altitude
46 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.31 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Oblique (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1951); Other (1967); Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 2214 (second identifier 60018 (Canmore))
National record
record NT 94 NW 8; monument 4025
Wikidata
Q31112027

Sources

References

  1. Gates, T. and Deegan, A. 2009. Monuments in the Landscape in Passmore, D.G. and Waddington, C. (eds). Managing Archaeological Landscapes in Northumberland. Till-Tweed Studies, Vol 1. Oxbow, 125-71.