[NZ 07758216] Camp. (1)

A roughly semi-circular fort on Slate Hill, defended on the south side by a precipitous natural slope, and to the west and north-west by four ramparts. The inner two coalesce and terminate a little over half the distance of the perimeter, and the outer two join a few yards north of the east entrance, so that the vulnerable side is defended by only one rampart. There is no visible evidence of internal occupation, probably due to surface quarrying. (2)

Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age multivallate [forts, settlements and enclosures]. (3)

Generally as described by Ball. Surface quarrying is responsible for the apparently unusual situation on the east side, and the four ramparts were undoubtedly originally concentric and continuous. The surviving sections are well-preserved, but individually are of no great strength. There is now no indication of any eastern entrance, and it seems unlikely that one existed, access being from the west. Resurveyed at 1/2500. (4)

Rotary quern found here by Mr C Whaley of Old Deanham Farm when he was a boy. Location unknown. Hillfort visible on aerial photographs. (5)

NZ 0776 8216. Defended settlement on Slate Hill 300m NW of Bolam Lake. Scheduled RSM No 25145. An Iron Age defended settlement, roughly semicircular in shape and measuring a maximum of 98m E-W by 62m N-S within four concentric ramparts on the N and W sides. A single rampart survives on the E side. The earth and stone ramparts measure 4m to 6m wide and are 1.4m high, terraced into the sloping hillside. There is a probable original entrance on the W side. The discovery of a quern is recorded at the site but its present location is unknown. A modern stone wall crosses the site from E to W. (6)