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Bolam House
Northumberland, England ยท Atlas EN4373
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4373 (4373)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northumberland
- Historic county
- Northumberland
- Parish, community, or townland
- Belsay
- National Grid reference
- NZ 0863 8230
- Latitude
- 55.13502
- Longitude
- -1.86617
- Altitude
- 152 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South); Hollow Way (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1827); Other (1968); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1956-1965)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1011836
- HER
- Northumberland 10577
- National record
- record NZ 08 SE12; monument 21050
- Wikidata
- Q31112521
Sources
References
- Hodgson, J.C. 1827. History of Northumberland, part 2, vol.1 (Newcastle upon Tyne), 336-7
- Jobey, G. 1965. Hill Forts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43, 61, no.13