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Haly Chesters
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4323
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4323 (4323)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Cornhill-on-Tweed
- National Grid reference
- NT 8748 4211
- Latitude
- 55.67236
- Longitude
- -2.20062
- Altitude
- 56 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.37 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1813); Other (1967); Other (2003); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1860-1895)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland 970
- National record
- record NT 84 SE 9; monument 1376
- Wikidata
- Q31112332
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.
- Hodgson, J. 1813. The Beauties of England and Wales. Vol 12, 1. 227.