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Beanley Moor 2
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4332
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4332 (4332)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hedgeley
- National Grid reference
- NU 0916 1827
- Latitude
- 55.45823
- Longitude
- -1.85670
- Altitude
- 179 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.19 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- heather moorland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1890); Other (1955); Other (1970); Other (1993); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011550
- HER
- Northumberland 3148
- National record
- record NU 01 NE 10; monument 4848
- Wikidata
- Q31112481
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.
- Tate, G 1891 'Appendix: Notes Archaeological, Geological, etc., on Beanley Moor, and the vicinity of Kemmer Lough'. 31-9, in Hardy, J 'report of Meetings for 1890'. Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 13, pt 1, (1890-91), 22-85