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Dunstanburgh Castle

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4220

Location

Atlas number
EN4220 (4220)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Craster
National Grid reference
NU 2574 2192
Latitude
55.49045
Longitude
-1.59418
Altitude
19 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort and level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
east
Land use
built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (2006)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 23479
National record
record NU 22 SE 54; monument 1503230
Wikidata
Q31112036

Sources

References

  1. Oswald, A., Ashbee, J., Porteous, K. and Huntley, J. 2006. Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland: Archaeological Research and Historical Investigations. English Heritage Research Department Report 26/2006 (Swindon, 2006).