LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Northumberland 9285 (None)
NMR: NY 97 SW 14 (19145)
SM: 1002908
NGR: NY 9140 7490
X: 391400 Y: 574900 (OSGB36)
Lying to the E of the village of Gunnerton on Gunnerton Crags (Gunnerton Nick). During the excavation of a Romano-British settlement in 1880 (Rome Hall, 1885), a fragment of wall was discovered underlying the settlement in the SW corner. This, combined with oval and circular depressions, which were interpreted as hut circles and its position on a promontory, has led to speculation that there is an underlying Iron Age fort. The 'wall' was inspected by Hogg in 1941 who dismissed it as a field lynchet. He also found further sections beneath the entrance and as a 'mass of rubble' in the W. The interior contains the foundations of five huts and one possibly later rectangular building. An enclosed yard is visible on the north side of entrance. No further investigation has taken place and its interpretation as a promontory fort remains unverified. Depicted on 1894-99 OS mapping as a Romano-British remains. Scheduled as Gunnerton Crags Camps
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Unconfirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Unconfirmed
X: -237801 Y: 7375175 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.136201093855246 Latitude: 55.068516106843134 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Northumberland
Historic County: Northumberland
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Chollerton
None
| Extant | ✗ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Lying at 153m OD a possibly promontory fort sited on a spur on Gunnerton Crags
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✓ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✓ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✓ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Gunnerton Crags
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 153.0m
N/A
No confirmed dating for a promontory fort. Flint scraper and a Roman pottery sherd discovered during excavations. A cup marked stone was found amongst the walling stones.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | Flint scraper |
| Post Hillfort: | Roman settlement; rectangular building |
Recorded on 1894-99 OS mapping as Romano-British remains. An excavation took place in 1880. The site was further investigated by Hogg in 1941. Field investigations in 1962, 1966. Scheduled as Gunnerton Crags Camps
| Excavation (1880): | Rome Hall, G |
| Excavation (1942): | Hogg 1941 |
| Other (1962): | Field investigation |
| Other (1966): | Field investigation |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | None |
| Other (None): | Scheduled |
Slight traces of oval and circular depressions were observed within the interior
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Circular depressions
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✓ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✓ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Observations only
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✓ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
]
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
An entrance is recorded but its location is not given
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
No evidence other than small lengths of low rubble bank
| Area 1: | 1.6ha. |
| Total: | 1.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Size of enclosing area is based on the Romano-British settlement |
| ✗ | Unknown |
| NE Quadrant: | None |
| SE Quadrant: | None |
| SW Quadrant: | None |
| NW Quadrant: | None |
| Total: | None |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Low rubble banks of uncertain origin
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
Number of Ditches: None
| ✗ | None |
Hogg, A.H.A. 1942. Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. Archaeol Aeliana 4 ser 20; 155-73
Rome Hall, G. 1885. Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. Archaeol Aeliana 10; 12-37
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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