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East Newbiggin
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4287
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4287 (4287)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Northam
- National Grid reference
- NT 9085 4626
- Latitude
- 55.70973
- Longitude
- -2.14718
- Altitude
- 53 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 0.33 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and lowland
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 2226
- National record
- record NT 94 NW 23; monument 4041
- Wikidata
- Q31112157
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.