Old Bewick Camp (Bewick)
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Description
Old Bewick. Trial excavation made 1934, but, insufficient evidence obtained to date the works. The fort is of the 'spectacles' type, ie adjacent twin forts semi-circular in plan, their diameters meeting on the edge of a steep cliff. Each fort has a double rampart and ditch while a further bank encloses both. On the easterly side only are traces of yet another bank and ditch dying out opposite the junction of the two forts. The intermediate bank has an entrance at highest point of its curve and another at south-east corner. The west fort is entered at north-west and north-east corners; the east fort has an apparent entrance in south-east corner. The West Fort has surface indications of several hut circles - the large one near the north-west entrance did not reveal any sign of occupation. The inner rampart is made of an earth bank covered and held by a kind of stone pitching..... -
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Keys to the Past (Durham & Northumbria County Councils) -
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Further information
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