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Horncliffe Fort
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4313
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4313 (4313)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Horncliffe
- National Grid reference
- NT 9313 5015
- Latitude
- 55.74472
- Longitude
- -2.11099
- Altitude
- 32 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 0.41 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (South); Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and lowland
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- woodland and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2003); 1st Identified Written Reference (1969-1972); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006435
- HER
- Northumberland 2414
- National record
- record NT 95 SW 20; monument 4308
- Wikidata
- Q31112461
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.
- St Joseph, J. K. 1973. Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72. Jnl Roman Studies, Vol. 63 (1973), 216