Defended settlement south-west of Haining (Elsdon)
The remains of an Iron Age defended settlement stand just below the top of a hill near Haining. The irregular enclosure has one rampart around it that stands 1.5m high, a ditch, and traces of a counterscarp bank on the outside. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.
N9745
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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