Hillfort (Chollerton)
(NY 93997574) Earthwork. (1)
Oxhill Plantation. An irregular-shaped earthwork with a single rampart. (Listed under Native Sites in Northumberland). (2)
An enclosure formed by a fragmentary stony bank, containing two possible hut circles, and a small rectangular steading. It is situated on the summit of a rocky hill, and has been badly mutilated by re-afforestation. Surveyed at 1/2500. (3)
Condition unchanged. The visible remains appear to be those of a walled enclosure, which, with the internal rectangular steading, suggest a medieval date. The possible hut-circles and the strong natural defensive position imply, however, an earlier settlement as well. (4)
NY 9400 7573. Univallate hillfort in Oxhill Plantation, 450m NE of Great Swinburne. Scheduled RSM No 20937. An irregularly shaped hillfort of Iron Age date comprising an enclosure within a single rampart, measuring a maximum of 65m E-W by 55m N-S. The rampart is now rather fragmentary but can be traced as a low stony bank, best preserved on the NW and SE sides, where it is 0.8m high and 2m wide. There is an entrance at the SE corner of the enclosure. Within the hillfort, to the SW of the centre, there are two circular hollow areas 10m and 6.5m in diameter, representing the footings of two buildings. Around the less well defended S side of the enclosure there are traces of a possible ditch 1.3m across; additionally, a low bank 1.5m across runs in a SE direction from the SE corner of the enclosure wall for 10m before it disappears beneath later medieval cultivation. (5)
Oxhill Plantation. An irregular-shaped earthwork with a single rampart. (Listed under Native Sites in Northumberland). (2)
An enclosure formed by a fragmentary stony bank, containing two possible hut circles, and a small rectangular steading. It is situated on the summit of a rocky hill, and has been badly mutilated by re-afforestation. Surveyed at 1/2500. (3)
Condition unchanged. The visible remains appear to be those of a walled enclosure, which, with the internal rectangular steading, suggest a medieval date. The possible hut-circles and the strong natural defensive position imply, however, an earlier settlement as well. (4)
NY 9400 7573. Univallate hillfort in Oxhill Plantation, 450m NE of Great Swinburne. Scheduled RSM No 20937. An irregularly shaped hillfort of Iron Age date comprising an enclosure within a single rampart, measuring a maximum of 65m E-W by 55m N-S. The rampart is now rather fragmentary but can be traced as a low stony bank, best preserved on the NW and SE sides, where it is 0.8m high and 2m wide. There is an entrance at the SE corner of the enclosure. Within the hillfort, to the SW of the centre, there are two circular hollow areas 10m and 6.5m in diameter, representing the footings of two buildings. Around the less well defended S side of the enclosure there are traces of a possible ditch 1.3m across; additionally, a low bank 1.5m across runs in a SE direction from the SE corner of the enclosure wall for 10m before it disappears beneath later medieval cultivation. (5)
N9207
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1961; E G Cameron
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
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