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Melkington
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4285
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4285 (4285)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Cornhill-on-Tweed
- National Grid reference
- NT 8820 4089
- Latitude
- 55.66123
- Longitude
- -2.18891
- Altitude
- 64 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.45 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.24 ha, 0.45 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 23840
- National record
- record NT 84 SE 97; monument 1385175
- Wikidata
- Q31112146
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.