Bewick Hill Camp, Northumberland (Old Bewick West)
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Description
Lying to the E of Hanging Crag on the highest part of Bewick Hill are two adjacent semi-circular multivallate enclosures. They are each bivallate with further rampart encompassing both forts enclosing an area of 0.8ha. This is probably a single site with twin enclosures. It lies on level ground at 220m OD with the S sides open to the precipitous cliff edge. Elsewhere the ground slopes away gently in all directions. The western enclosure has two banks and ditches encompassing 0.39ha. The inner rampart is an earthen bank with a revetment of rough stones. It descends steeply to the rock-cut ditch and continues along the cliff edge. The middle rampart comprises a core of small boulders with soil upcast from ditch. Entrances lie in the NW and NE corners. Two hut circles with a diameter of between 7-17m have been identified within the interior...... -
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Oxford University - Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland -
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Further information
Link: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/EN0500.html
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