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Branxton Hill South
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4290
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4290 (4290)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Branxton
- National Grid reference
- NT 8921 3631
- Latitude
- 55.62055
- Longitude
- -2.17280
- Altitude
- 152 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
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.67 ha
- Footprint
- 0.71 ha
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1975); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 736
- National record
- record NT 83 NE 16; monument 1122
- Wikidata
- Q31112175
Sources
References
- Clack, P. A. G. and Gosling, P. F. 1975. Archaeology in the North: Gazetteer, 75
- 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.