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Hillfort
Hillforts were fortified settlements, usually built on hilltops, ridges, or rocky outcrops. They were protected by one or more layers of earthen banks and ditches. While most were elevated on high ground, there were also "marsh forts", built in low-lying wetlands. Hillforts were originally constructed and inhabited between 900 and 100 BC. Later, some hillfort sites were repurposed for other uses, such as medieval castles.
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Hillfort, Yeavering Bell
- Overview Map Aerial view of Yeavering Bell hillfort on Google Maps. The walls (originally 2+m high, now collapsed with a spread of 8-9m) are clearly visible. The remains of a …
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Pawston Hill - Iron Age Hillfort
- The remains of an Iron Age hillfort are located on Pawston Hill, located to the south-west of the hamlet of Pawston and just to the north-west of Pawston Lake in …
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Hillfort and Roman signal station, Barcombe Hill
- Overview Map Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The remains of an Iron Age defended settlement and Roman signal station are located on Barcombe …
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Castle Hill camp, near Alnham
- Overview Map Castle Hill is located about ¼ mile north-east of Old Hazeltonrig and 1½ miles west of the hamlet of Alnham in Northumberland. At the summit of the hill …
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Kettles Hillfort, near Wooler
- The Kettles is the earwork remains of an Iron Age and Roman hill fort and settlement near Earle and Wooler in Northumberland.[1] The fort occupies a natural ridge protected on …
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Bewick Hill Camp
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Bewick Hill Camp is a hillfort, located to the east of Old Bewick in Northumberland. It is presumed …
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Bewick Hill Moor Camp
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Bewick Hill Moor Camp is located about 2km ENE of Old Bewick in Northumberland. It is a multivallate …
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Slate Hill Settlement Earthworks, Bolam
- Overview Map Remains of a defended Iron Age settlement around the top of Slate Hill, just north of Bolam Lake in Northumberland. The ruins are a Sheduled Monument.
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Site of Iron Age Settlement, Houghton
- Overview Aerial View To the south-west of Houghton in Northumberland, by Broomy Hill, are the remains of an Iron Age defended settlement. The remains are not easily visible as most of the defensive …
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Introductions to Heritage Assets - Hillforts
- Historic England, October 2018. "An introduction to hillforts. As the name implies, hillforts are defended places, surrounded by one or more circuits of banks and ditches, and generally placed on …
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Ringses multivallate hillfort, Doddington Moor
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The Ringses is the site of a multivallate hillfort, located on Doddington Moor, about 1 mile ENE of …
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Standing Stones Camp, Horton Moor
- Map showing Doddington (village) and the site of Standing Stones Camp (to the south-east). Zoom in to see the Scheduled Monument area. Standing Stones Camp is located on the edge …
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Dod Law Hillforts
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Dod Law is a prominent ridge, which rises to the highest point of Doddington Moor (trig point at …
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Greaves Ash camp
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Greaves Ash camp is the site of a large Iron Age and Romano-British settlement, situated onhigh ground by …
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The Ringses camp, burial mounds and cairns, Beanley Moor
- Scheduled Monument areas - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The Ringses is located on Beanley Moor in Northumberland, about east of Beanley and 1km south-west of Eglingham. …
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Bivallate Defended Settlement WNW of Craghead
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The site of this bivallate (two line of ramparts) hillfort, located to the south-east of Wagtail Farm, about …
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Gunnerton Crag camps
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Gunnerton Crags, located to the east of the village of Gunnerton in Northumberland, are the site of a …
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Springhill Camp
- Scheduled Monument areas - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). This site is located close to Spring Hill, to the south of Tweedmouth in Northumberland. It is scheduled …
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Camphill Iron Age Settlement
- On Camp Hill, to the north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, are the remains of an Iron Age defended settlement. The site, which is heavily farmed, is a Scheduled Monument (legally protected). Nearby, …
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Halidon Hill Iron Age Settlement
- Scheduled Monument areas - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). To the north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed is Halidon Hill; by its summit, on it's south-facing slope is the site …
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Defended settlement on White Hill, SE of Kimmerston
- Map showing Kimmerson with the Scheduled Monument area to the south east. The cropmarked remains of a multivallate defended settlement are located 590m south-east of Kimmerston in Northumberland. Situated on …
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Roughting Linn camp
- Map showing the Scheduled Monument area of the camp (Historic England data), with Roughting Linn Waterfall to the west and Cup & Ring marke stone to the east. Roughting Linn …
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Murton High Crags Settlements
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Murton High Crags are located between Murton and Longridge in Northumberland. The earthwork remains of an Iron Age …
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Palisaded settlement on Hart Law
- Hart Law is a hill in the Cheviots, located about 1¼km noeth-west of Prendwick in Northumberland. On the hill are the earthwork remains of a palisaded settlement, featuring rock-cut trenches …
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Hillfort, Yeavering Bell
- Overview Map Aerial view of Yeavering Bell hillfort on Google Maps. The walls (originally 2+m high, now collapsed with a spread of 8-9m) are clearly visible. The remains of a …
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Pawston Hill - Iron Age Hillfort
- The remains of an Iron Age hillfort are located on Pawston Hill, located to the south-west of the hamlet of Pawston and just to the north-west of Pawston Lake in …
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Hillfort and Roman signal station, Barcombe Hill
- Overview Map Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The remains of an Iron Age defended settlement and Roman signal station are located on Barcombe …
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Castle Hill camp, near Alnham
- Overview Map Castle Hill is located about ¼ mile north-east of Old Hazeltonrig and 1½ miles west of the hamlet of Alnham in Northumberland. At the summit of the hill …
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Kettles Hillfort, near Wooler
- The Kettles is the earwork remains of an Iron Age and Roman hill fort and settlement near Earle and Wooler in Northumberland.[1] The fort occupies a natural ridge protected on …
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Bewick Hill Camp
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Bewick Hill Camp is a hillfort, located to the east of Old Bewick in Northumberland. It is presumed …
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Bewick Hill Moor Camp
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Bewick Hill Moor Camp is located about 2km ENE of Old Bewick in Northumberland. It is a multivallate …
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Slate Hill Settlement Earthworks, Bolam
- Overview Map Remains of a defended Iron Age settlement around the top of Slate Hill, just north of Bolam Lake in Northumberland. The ruins are a Sheduled Monument.
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Site of Iron Age Settlement, Houghton
- Overview Aerial View To the south-west of Houghton in Northumberland, by Broomy Hill, are the remains of an Iron Age defended settlement. The remains are not easily visible as most of the defensive …
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Introductions to Heritage Assets - Hillforts
- Historic England, October 2018. "An introduction to hillforts. As the name implies, hillforts are defended places, surrounded by one or more circuits of banks and ditches, and generally placed on …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Ringses multivallate hillfort, Doddington Moor
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The Ringses is the site of a multivallate hillfort, located on Doddington Moor, about 1 mile ENE of …
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Standing Stones Camp, Horton Moor
- Map showing Doddington (village) and the site of Standing Stones Camp (to the south-east). Zoom in to see the Scheduled Monument area. Standing Stones Camp is located on the edge …
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Dod Law Hillforts
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Dod Law is a prominent ridge, which rises to the highest point of Doddington Moor (trig point at …
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Greaves Ash camp
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Greaves Ash camp is the site of a large Iron Age and Romano-British settlement, situated onhigh ground by …
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The Ringses camp, burial mounds and cairns, Beanley Moor
- Scheduled Monument areas - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The Ringses is located on Beanley Moor in Northumberland, about east of Beanley and 1km south-west of Eglingham. …
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Bivallate Defended Settlement WNW of Craghead
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). The site of this bivallate (two line of ramparts) hillfort, located to the south-east of Wagtail Farm, about …
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Gunnerton Crag camps
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Gunnerton Crags, located to the east of the village of Gunnerton in Northumberland, are the site of a …
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Springhill Camp
- Scheduled Monument areas - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). This site is located close to Spring Hill, to the south of Tweedmouth in Northumberland. It is scheduled …
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Camphill Iron Age Settlement
- On Camp Hill, to the north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, are the remains of an Iron Age defended settlement. The site, which is heavily farmed, is a Scheduled Monument (legally protected). Nearby, …
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Halidon Hill Iron Age Settlement
- Scheduled Monument areas - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). To the north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed is Halidon Hill; by its summit, on it's south-facing slope is the site …
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Defended settlement on White Hill, SE of Kimmerston
- Map showing Kimmerson with the Scheduled Monument area to the south east. The cropmarked remains of a multivallate defended settlement are located 590m south-east of Kimmerston in Northumberland. Situated on …
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Roughting Linn camp
- Map showing the Scheduled Monument area of the camp (Historic England data), with Roughting Linn Waterfall to the west and Cup & Ring marke stone to the east. Roughting Linn …
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Murton High Crags Settlements
- Scheduled Monument area - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence). Murton High Crags are located between Murton and Longridge in Northumberland. The earthwork remains of an Iron Age …
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Palisaded settlement on Hart Law
- Hart Law is a hill in the Cheviots, located about 1¼km noeth-west of Prendwick in Northumberland. On the hill are the earthwork remains of a palisaded settlement, featuring rock-cut trenches …
Iron Age Hillfort, Spindlestone Heughs
Site of Iron Age Settlement, Houghton, Northumberland
Ringses multivallate hillfort, Doddington Moor
Standing Stones Camp, Horton Moor
Pawston Hill - Iron Age Hillfort
The Ringses camp, burial mounds and cairns, Beanley Moor
Bivallate Defended Settlement WNW of Craghead
Hillfort and Roman signal station, Barcombe Hill
Halidon Hill Iron Age Settlement
Defended settlement on White Hill, SE of Kimmerston
