Downham Camp (Carham)
Downham Camp. Photo © Tim Gates.
(NT 86813408) Camp [OE]. (1)
Situated on a sloping ridge, with a natural and precipitous north side, The shape of the earthwork approaches a semi-ellipse, about 110 yds long by 50 yds wide, and, on the south-east where the entrance was, faint traces of a second rampart. (2)
Listed as a probable pre-Roman multivallate earthwork. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
Resurveyed at 1:2500. A probable ridge fort, mainly enclosed by natural slopes, with its north-east approaches defended by a bank and ditch connecting both crestlines. Correctly described and well preserved. (5)
Additional references. (6)(7)
Scheduled. (8)(9)
NT 868 343. Camp Hill, Downham. Listed in gazetteer of British hillforts as a multivallate structure covering 0.36ha. (10a)
NT 868 341. Downham camp. Scheduled No ND/255 (10b)
Situated on a sloping ridge, with a natural and precipitous north side, The shape of the earthwork approaches a semi-ellipse, about 110 yds long by 50 yds wide, and, on the south-east where the entrance was, faint traces of a second rampart. (2)
Listed as a probable pre-Roman multivallate earthwork. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
Resurveyed at 1:2500. A probable ridge fort, mainly enclosed by natural slopes, with its north-east approaches defended by a bank and ditch connecting both crestlines. Correctly described and well preserved. (5)
Additional references. (6)(7)
Scheduled. (8)(9)
NT 868 343. Camp Hill, Downham. Listed in gazetteer of British hillforts as a multivallate structure covering 0.36ha. (10a)
NT 868 341. Downham camp. Scheduled No ND/255 (10b)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; E C Waight
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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