Defended Settlement (Wall)
These are the remains of a defended Iron Age settlement on the edge of Wall Crags. It is a roughly oval enclosure surrounded by two stone ramparts on three sides, but just one rampart to the west, where the natural hillslope is steeper. The traces of at least six round houses can be seen inside the enclosure. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
N8572
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1960; W D Johnston
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
TRIAL TRENCH, Wall Crags Defended Settlement, Wall, Northumberland 2005; Tyne and Wear Museums
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
TRIAL TRENCH, Wall Crags Defended Settlement, Wall, Northumberland 2005; Tyne and Wear Museums
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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