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Lightpipehall

Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4296

Location

Atlas number
EN4296 (4296)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Northumberland
Historic county
Northumberland
Parish, community, or townland
Carham
National Grid reference
NT 8458 3717
Latitude
55.62789
Longitude
-2.24645
Altitude
43 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.35 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
east
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
Northumberland
National record
record NT 83 NW 76; monument 1382486
Wikidata
Q31112219

Sources

References

  1. 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.