LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Northumberland 3161 (None)
NMR: NU 01 NE 23 (4905)
SM: None
NGR: NU 0847 1535
X: 408470 Y: 615350 (OSGB36)
A univallate hillfort or enclosure lying at 102m OD on a S-facing slope 425m to the SE of Shawdonwood House. It is subcircular in form measuring 100m E-W by 90m N-S and comprises two closely-spaced ditches 3m and 5m wide and between 0.5-1.2m deep. The internal bank has a maximum height of 0.5m and width of 3.6m with some stones visible within its structure. The overall enclosed area is approximately 0.25ha with a whole site footprint of 0.77ha. A possible entrance lies in the S where the two ditches on either side of a gap meet on the SE and SW sides to form rounded terminals. No internal occupation has been recorded. A possible annexe lies on the western side of the enclosure. Ridge and furrow ploughing was recorded on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and the site is now badly mutilated. The site is not recorded on historic OS mapping. Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Unconfirmed
X: -207911 Y: 7446165 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.8676959508025688 Latitude: 55.43200320915912 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Northumberland
Historic County: Northumberland
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Hedgeley
Badly mutilated
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
The site is now under pasture with plantation within the enclosed area. Post-medieval ridge and furrow ploughing was recorded on aerial photographs taken in 1946
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Hillslope fort lying on a S-facing slope at 102m OD
| 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: S-facing slope
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✓ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 102.0m
N/A
Undated
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 |
General reference in Hogg (1951). Field investigations in 1955 and 1970. Recorded on 1976 1:25,000 OS mapping
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1951): | None |
| Other (1955): | Field investigation |
| Other (1970): | Field investigation |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1976): | None |
No features are recorded
Spring in centre of enclosure may be later. Shawdon Burn lies 200m to the S
| None | ✗ |
| Spring | ✓ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
A possible entrance lies in the S where the two ditches on either side of a gap meet on the SE and SW sides to form rounded terminals.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South): | None |
Subcircular in form measuring 100m E-W by 90m N-S. It comprises two closely-spaced ditches 3m and 5m wide and between 0.5-1.2m deep. The internal bank has a maximum height of 0.5m and width of 3.6m with some stones visible within its structure.
| Area 1: | 0.25ha. |
| Total: | 0.25ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.77ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | The recorded number refers to the ditches |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 2 |
| Total: | 2 |
| 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 |
| ✓ | None |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✓ | A possible annexe lies on the western side of the enclosure |
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, 125-71.
Hogg, A.H.A., 1951. Proc Soc Antiq Newcastle (4th Series) 11, 163.
Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series)
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