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Tup Knowes

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4280

Location

Atlas number
EN4280 (4280)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Carham
National Grid reference
NT 8758 3590
Latitude
55.61657
Longitude
-2.19875
Altitude
111 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Enclosed area
0.48 ha
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
northwest
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland 786
National record
record NT 83 NE 60; monument 1384031
Wikidata
Q31112114

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.