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Horncliffe
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4328
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4328 (4328)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Horncliffe
- National Grid reference
- NT 9344 5002
- Latitude
- 55.74356
- Longitude
- -2.10605
- Altitude
- 36 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain 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
- 0.31 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and lowland
- Aspect
- west and northwest
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1975); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Northumberland
- National record
- record NT 95 SW 17; monument 4305
- Wikidata
- Q31112380
Sources
References
- Clack, P. A. G. and Gosling, P. F. 1975. Archaeology in the North: Gazetteer, 84
- 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.