LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
Satellite Imagery
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HER: Northumberland 5032 (None)
NMR: NU 12 SE 5 (7457)
SM: 1017955
NGR: NU 1622 2318
X: 416220 Y: 623180 (OSGB36)
Lying within Camp Plantation, 500m NW of North Charlton, a univallate or possibly bivallate hillfort of 0.4ha. The enclosure is approximately triangular in form measuring 125m by 113m at its widest points. It lies at 122m OD on a rise above the Charlton Burn in the SW and sloping away gently in the E and SE where if offers extensive views. In the N and in the SW the ground drops away steeply. An earth and stone bank 12m wide and up to 4.m high to the N and a slighter bank 1.5-3m high and averaging 12m wide in the SE defends those sides. Traces of a bank and ditch along part of the SE side were recorded during scheduling, supporting the description given by MacLauchlan (1867), but not located by a field investigation in 1955. Two original entrances, 7m wide in the N and 6m wide in the S. A further break in the SE where deposits of ash almost 1m deep were found (MacLauchlan 1867) is considered to be modern. A linear earth and stone bank, 3m wide by 0.4m high runs across the interior into the centre of the enclosure. No other internal features are known. The site survives in reasonably good condition although quarrying has removed the NW corner of the enclosure. It is recorded on 1856-65 OS mapping and was first scheduled in 1973, Minimal investigations. It is undated but presumed Iron Age
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -194227 Y: 7459943 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.7447712670613005 Latitude: 55.502166436973276 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Northumberland
Historic County: Northumberland
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Eglingham; Ellingham
Vulnerable to plant growth. On Heritage at Risk Register (2015).
| 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 | ✗ |
A contour fort lying on relatively level ground at 122m OD on land that rises from the Charlton Burn, beyond which it slopes gently to the E and SE.
| 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: Rising land above the Charlton Burn
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✓ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 122.0m
The parish boundary between Eglingham and Ellingham lies 160m to the N
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
Undated, presumed Iron Age
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
| Morphology/Earthwork/Typology: | None |
General reference in MacLauchlan (1867). Recorded on 1856-65 OS mapping. Field investigations in 1955 and 1969. Scheduled.
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1867): | None |
| Other (1955): | Field investigation |
| Other (1969): | Field investigation |
| Other (1973): | Scheduled |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | None |
A linear earth and stone bank, 3m wide by 0.4m high runs across the interior into the centre of the enclosure. No other internal features are known.
Borders the Charlton Burn in the SW
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
A linear earth and stone bank, 3m wide by 0.4m high
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Two original entrances, 7m wide in the N and 6m wide in the S. A further break in the SE is considered to be modern.
| 3: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North): | None |
| 2. Simple Gap (South): | None |
Approximately triangular in form measuring 125m by 113m at its widest points. Naturally defended in the SW and N where it drops away steeply. An earth and stone bank 12m wide and up to 4.m high further defends the ground to the N and in the SE there is a slighter bank 1.5-3m high and averaging 12m wide. Traces of a bank and ditch along part of the SE side were recorded during scheduling.
| Area 1: | 0.4ha. |
| Total: | 0.4ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | None |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| 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 | ✗ |
None
| 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 |
| ✓ | Faint traces on SE side |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 125
Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43, 63. No. 111
MacLauchlan, H. 1867. Notes not included in the memoirs already published on Roman roads in Northumberland (London), 12.
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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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