Defended settlement (Eglingham)
(NU 16711908) Camp. (1)
A circular camp c.75x in diameter called Buckland Camp. (2)
This earthwork is situated on a southern slope a little below the summit of Honey Hill with dead ground a little to the north.
Of near circular form, it consists of slight inner rampart with ditch and outer bank. In the southern half where it is best preserved the ditch has an average width of 9m and a maximum depth of 1.7m while the outer bank has a maximum height of 1.3m. The inner rampart, best preserved in the north west quadrant has an average height of 0.5m. All banks are of earth and stone.
There are entrances on the east and west sides, with traces of inturned defences.
The interior of the earthwork is very much disturbed, presumably in search of stone, and there are no certain traces of habitation. The only internal feature that is still intact is a short length of bank probably the remains of a dividing bank. It is 2m wide and 0.3m high.
The nearest water supply is a spring approximately 100m south of the earthwork.
The non-defensive siting and weak artificial defences indicate a pastoral purpose for this earthwork which is probably native in origin. The whole area is now under pasture. (3)
Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age univallate enclosure on a slope. (4)
One of a small number of hill-slope enclosures noted in the County. They are undoubtedly Iron Age in origin, but their function is obscure (see also NU 11 SW 1). Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5)
Scheduled. (6)
NU 167 191. Buck Law (or Whinny Hill) camp, South Charlton. Scheduled No ND/106. (7a)
A circular camp c.75x in diameter called Buckland Camp. (2)
This earthwork is situated on a southern slope a little below the summit of Honey Hill with dead ground a little to the north.
Of near circular form, it consists of slight inner rampart with ditch and outer bank. In the southern half where it is best preserved the ditch has an average width of 9m and a maximum depth of 1.7m while the outer bank has a maximum height of 1.3m. The inner rampart, best preserved in the north west quadrant has an average height of 0.5m. All banks are of earth and stone.
There are entrances on the east and west sides, with traces of inturned defences.
The interior of the earthwork is very much disturbed, presumably in search of stone, and there are no certain traces of habitation. The only internal feature that is still intact is a short length of bank probably the remains of a dividing bank. It is 2m wide and 0.3m high.
The nearest water supply is a spring approximately 100m south of the earthwork.
The non-defensive siting and weak artificial defences indicate a pastoral purpose for this earthwork which is probably native in origin. The whole area is now under pasture. (3)
Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age univallate enclosure on a slope. (4)
One of a small number of hill-slope enclosures noted in the County. They are undoubtedly Iron Age in origin, but their function is obscure (see also NU 11 SW 1). Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5)
Scheduled. (6)
NU 167 191. Buck Law (or Whinny Hill) camp, South Charlton. Scheduled No ND/106. (7a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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