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Branxton Hill East
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4315
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4315 (4315)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Branxton
- National Grid reference
- NT 8960 3668
- Latitude
- 55.62362
- Longitude
- -2.16670
- Altitude
- 126 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
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.26 ha
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- northeast
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1979); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 744
- National record
- record NT 83 NE 24; monument 1130
- Wikidata
- Q31112281
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.
- Gates, T. 1979. CBA Grp 3: Arch Newsbull 70, 20