(NU 15481113) Camp. (1)

Near circular enclosure. About 50x in diameter and probably had three ramparts though part only is now to be seen. (2)

Entrance on south east. (3)

This earthwork is situated on an eastern slope and is overlooked by higher ground to the west.
Although the defensive situation is poor the artificial defences are quite strong, particularly on the south side where the ditches are from 7m to 10m wide and have a maximum depth of 2m. To the north the defences are weaker, the ditch having a depth of from 0.4m to 1m.
The two ditches on the south side are not concentric but form a ditched annexe, access to which is by causeway across the outer ditch. The main entrance to the enclosure is to the south west and the ditches in the vicinity of the entrance have both inner and outer banks. The wide gap between the ditches on the east side of the earthwork may have been an entrance, and the slight causeway in the ditch to the north may also be original. The enclosed area is gorse covered with heaps of stones in some places. The latter are apparently the results of ground clearance and not the remains of hut circles.
The nearest water supply is the streams to the south and east, but both are a considerable distance away.
There are no traces of any outer defences. Although the artificial defences are fairly strong the purpose of the earthwork was probably pastoral, other sites in the vicinity having far better natural advantages. Period uncertain but probably native. (4)

Listed under Iron Age multivallate enclosures on slopes. (5)

Structurally, the work is clearly in the local Iron Age tradition. It is one of a handful of !hill-slope! enclosures so far recognised in the County for which only a possible pastoral function has been postulated. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (6)

SAM management agreement. (7)

NU 155 112. Camp on Alnwick Moor. Scheduled No ND/419. (8a)