Camp Hill Iron Age defended settlement near Catcherside (Kirkwhelpington)
Between 2000 and 3000 years ago, during what archaeologists call the Iron Age, people lived in this defended settlement or hillfort, surrounded by a ditch and rampart. Cord rig earthworks can be seen outside the settlement. Camp Hill is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Archaeological survey of Hartington Moor 1996; P J Fowler and K D Strutt
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, The Archaeology of the Wallington Estate: an air photographic survey 2002; T Gates
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD SURVEY, Archaeological survey of Hartington Moor 1996; P J Fowler and K D Strutt
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, The Archaeology of the Wallington Estate: an air photographic survey 2002; T Gates
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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