LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Northumberland 3802 (None)
NMR: NU 03 SW 25 (6317)
SM: None
NGR: NU 0075 3163
X: 400750 Y: 631632 (OSGB36)
Lying to the E of Middle Dod Law Camp (Atlas No. 1931) and the most easterly of three sites on Dod Law. It lies on the summit of a slight rise at 160m OD with the ground sloping away gently in all directions. It comprises an oval earthwork measuring approximately 100m NW-SW by 70m SW-NE with two concentric earth and stone banks, enclosing 0.7ha. In 1955 the inner and better preserved bank varied between 4-5 in width and up to 0.5m high. The outer bank is only visible in the W and N and measures 3-4, wide and up to 0.4m high. Further faint traces of this bank can be seen in the E. Three gaps in the banks have been identified although the location of an original entrance is uncertain but might be in the W which gives access to lower ground The site is badly mutilated and the banks are much slighter than West and Middle Dod law. It lacks evidence for internal features, although two possible scoops might represent hut platforms. Interpreted as a hillfort by Northumberland HER and as a possible stock enclosure for nearby Middle Dod Law by English Heritage. An uncertain rock carving underlies the rampart in the NE but the marks could be due to weathering. On OS mapping (1885-1900). It is undated. A brief description and hachure plan was produced by Maddison and Sellars (1990).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -221487 Y: 7474936 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.9896552106163852 Latitude: 55.578377709220575 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Northumberland
Historic County: Northumberland
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Doddington; Chatton
In poor condition
| 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 possible contour fort lying on a slight rise at 160m 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: Slight rise
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 160.0m
The parish boundary between Doddington and Chatton runs past the ramparts in the W
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
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 |
On OS mapping (1885-1900). General reference in MacLauchlan (1864). Field investigation in 1955, 1964 and 1968. Surveyed in 1990.
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1864): | None |
| Other (1955): | Field investigation |
| Other (1964): | Field investigation |
| Other (1968): | Field investigation |
| Earthwork Survey (1990): | None |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | None |
No internal features
None
| 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 | ✗ |
Three gaps in the banks have been identified although the location of an original entrance is uncertain but might be in the W which gives access to lower ground
| 3: | None |
| 2: | Uncertain |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (West): | Uncertain |
Oval earthwork measuring approximately 100m NW-SW by 70m SW-NE with two concentric earth and stone banks. In 1955 the inner and best preserved bank varied between 4-5 in width and up to 0.5m high. The outer bank is only visible in the W and N and measures 3-4, wide and up to 0.4m high. Further faint traces of this bank can be seen in the E.
| Area 1: | 0.7ha. |
| Total: | 0.7ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 2.2ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| 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: 1
| ✗ | None |
Jobey, G.1965. Hillforts and Settlements in Northumberland. Archaeol Aeliana (4th Series) 43
MacLauchlan, H., 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling Street (London), 43 and Sheet 3.
Maddison M. and Sellers P. 1990, A survey of Doddington and Horton Moors, Northumberland, Northern Archaeol, 10, 29-76
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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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