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Wooperton East
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4282
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4282 (4282)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Roddam
- National Grid reference
- NU 0508 2089
- Latitude
- 55.48164
- Longitude
- -1.92204
- Altitude
- 74 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.32 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South); Out-turned (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 23853
- National record
- record NU 02 SE 78; monument 1380527
- Wikidata
- Q31112123
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.