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Old Lyham
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4283
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4283 (4283)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chatton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0660 3096
- Latitude
- 55.57245
- Longitude
- -1.89633
- Altitude
- 98 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.2 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.4 ha, 1.2 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Passage-way/Corridor (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 23866
- National record
- record NU 03 SE 27; monument 1382586
- Wikidata
- Q31112126
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.