Titlington South, Iron Age and Roman period native settlement (Hedgeley)
NU 10781520 Camp. (1)
Rampart of earth and stone, with most of the stone robbed, now bracken covered. Entrance may be on the east side. Signs of ditch only on south-east quadrant. No trace of internal occupation. (2)
Titlington South Camp has some higher ground to the east of it, is much dilapidated with single agger and ditch, interior c.56 paces diameter. (a)(3)
Enclosure not circular, but more of a rectangle with rounded corners, with an entrance in the middle of the east side and at the south-west corner. (4)
The situation of this earthwork is a near level shoulder of a hill overlooked by higher ground to the east.
The single rampart of earth and stones has an average width of 5m and varies in height from 0.3m to 1.2m. The ditch on the south has an average width of 6m and a depth of 0.6m. There are two simple entrances and within the enclosed area is a hut circle, 8m in diameter, and a possible hut circle 5m in diameter.
The nearest water supply is the burn to the north-west.
The poor defensive situation and the slight nature of the rampart suggests that the earthwork was for pastoral purposes and probably native in origin. (5)
Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age univallate (forts, settlements and enclosures). (6)
A badly mutilated circular enclosure containing possibly two poorly defined hut circles. Its proportions, situation and construction are consistent with the local type of non-defensive Iron Age work, the banks being 1.9m. Indications of stone-pounding in one of the huts suggest later Romano-British occupation. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (7)
NU 1079 1520. Defended settlement 750m E of Titlington Hall Farm. Scheduled RSM No 21013. A univallate defended settlement of Iron Age date, circular in shape and measuring 45m in diameter within a slight rampart of earth and stone 5m across and varying in height from 0.3m to 1.2m. Beyond the rampart on the S side of the enclosure there is a ditch 6m wide and 0.6m deep. It is uncertain whether the ditch originally continued around all sides of the enclosure. The entrance lies in the centre of the E side but is no longer visible above ground. Within the enclosure are the stone foundations of at least one circular house 8m in diameter and traces of a possible second house 5m in diameter; these houses are consistent with Romano-British re-use of the Iron Age enclosure. (8)
Rampart of earth and stone, with most of the stone robbed, now bracken covered. Entrance may be on the east side. Signs of ditch only on south-east quadrant. No trace of internal occupation. (2)
Titlington South Camp has some higher ground to the east of it, is much dilapidated with single agger and ditch, interior c.56 paces diameter. (a)(3)
Enclosure not circular, but more of a rectangle with rounded corners, with an entrance in the middle of the east side and at the south-west corner. (4)
The situation of this earthwork is a near level shoulder of a hill overlooked by higher ground to the east.
The single rampart of earth and stones has an average width of 5m and varies in height from 0.3m to 1.2m. The ditch on the south has an average width of 6m and a depth of 0.6m. There are two simple entrances and within the enclosed area is a hut circle, 8m in diameter, and a possible hut circle 5m in diameter.
The nearest water supply is the burn to the north-west.
The poor defensive situation and the slight nature of the rampart suggests that the earthwork was for pastoral purposes and probably native in origin. (5)
Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age univallate (forts, settlements and enclosures). (6)
A badly mutilated circular enclosure containing possibly two poorly defined hut circles. Its proportions, situation and construction are consistent with the local type of non-defensive Iron Age work, the banks being 1.9m. Indications of stone-pounding in one of the huts suggest later Romano-British occupation. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (7)
NU 1079 1520. Defended settlement 750m E of Titlington Hall Farm. Scheduled RSM No 21013. A univallate defended settlement of Iron Age date, circular in shape and measuring 45m in diameter within a slight rampart of earth and stone 5m across and varying in height from 0.3m to 1.2m. Beyond the rampart on the S side of the enclosure there is a ditch 6m wide and 0.6m deep. It is uncertain whether the ditch originally continued around all sides of the enclosure. The entrance lies in the centre of the E side but is no longer visible above ground. Within the enclosure are the stone foundations of at least one circular house 8m in diameter and traces of a possible second house 5m in diameter; these houses are consistent with Romano-British re-use of the Iron Age enclosure. (8)
N4373
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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