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North Lyham
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4303
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4303 (4303)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chatton
- National Grid reference
- NU 0619 3218
- Latitude
- 55.58326
- Longitude
- -1.90336
- Altitude
- 84 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 6
- Enclosed area
- 0.41 ha
- Footprint
- 0.85 ha
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
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 3929
- National record
- record NU 03 SE 26; monument 1382576
- Wikidata
- Q31112263
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.