[Centred NU 08010049] Camp. (1)

Debdon (Little Mill). Roughly circular earthwork with multiple ramparts enclosing an area of approximately 1/4 acre. (2)

A stongly entrenched camp nearly opposite to Crag Head. On its most exposed sides there are triple ramparts but on the north, where the steep slopes form a natural defence, two ramparts have been deemed sufficient. The entrance has evidently been to the south-east, as a trackway leads from the lines at that point. The camp is circular and measures about 170ft diameter within the inner rampart. (3)

A small camp with internal diameter of about 55 yards. It is near a rocky precipice on which side it has two ramparts 10 yards apart. On the south and west sides there are faint traces of a third rampart. (4)

Type B2 (forts on high ground less dependent on natural slopes for protection). (5)

Remains of a sub-rectangular earthwork are situated at 400ft above sea level upon a north-east facing slope of moorland, and just above a sharp increase in the slopes down to the valley of the river Coquet. The site commands the valley to the east, west and north, and is overlooked on the south by gradually rising slopes.
The earthwork has consisted of double ramparts of earth and stones and a great number of boulders, with a medial ditch on the west, south and east sides. On the higher south side, an outer ditch has been formed by the scooping up of soil for the outer rampart. The interior of the earthwork has been scooped out along the south side. The entrance of simple construction, is in the east side.
In the south-east corner of the interior is a hut circle, 6m diameter, raised upon a platform against the inner rampart. A larger hut circle, with entrance in the south-east side, of a diameter of 8m, lies towards the west side, and just below a possible small hut circle, again raised upon a platform. From this point, a bank, now reduced to a north-facing scarp, has run across the interior to enclose the scooped area. It now fades out in the centre of the earthwork.
An old field bank constructed across the site in the northern half, has destroyed parts of the ramparts. The nearest present water supply is a small stream, 150m to the west.
There are no indications of the third rampart referred to by Authorities 3 and 4. In purpose, the work appears to have been defensive/habitational. (6)

Listed under pre-Roman Iron Age univallate [forts, settlements and enclosures] with ?overlying Romano-British settlement. (7)

Temporarily by-passed owing to bracken cover. A weakly situated bi-vallate fort in fair condition. Re-surveyed at 1:2500. Evidence of occupation is slight, being limited to one, maybe two, possible stone-founded hut sites, no more than indicative only of later RB settlement. A well-defined sunken track leads from the entrance to the earthwork in the SE to a small field system on the S and W, attested by fragmentary boulder walling and attempted clearance. (8)

Scheduled. (9)

NU 080005 Camp 1/2 milw (800m) SE of Wagtail Farm; scheduled. (10)