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Prior House
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4249
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4249 (4249)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Berwick-on-Tweed
- National Grid reference
- NT 9900 5061
- Latitude
- 55.74890
- Longitude
- -2.01749
- Altitude
- 68 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope 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
- 0.12 ha
- Footprint
- 0.3 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 2487
- National record
- record NT 95 SE 96; monument 1384335
- Wikidata
- Q31112082
Sources
References
- 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.