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Roundabouts camp, east of Bellshill
Map showing Bellshill, with the Roundabouts camp Scheduled Monument area to the east.
About 800m ENE of Bellshill in Northumberland is the site, identified by crop marks, of probable Iron Age multivallate defended settlement. The area is heavily farmed, with no real visible surface remains. The site is a Scheduled Monument (legally protected).
Scheduled Monument (#1003656): Roundabouts camp
Click the headings below to expand (selected extracts from the Historic England scheduling)
The monument is preserved as a cropmark and analysis of the presence of multiple ditches indicates that it will contain archaeological deposits relating to its construction, use and abandonment. The monument is representative of its period and provides insight into the character of settlement and subsistence in the Iron Age.
The monument includes the remains of an Iron Age multivallate defended settlement, situated on a gradual north east facing slope. The sub-circular enclosure, which survives as a cropmark or low earthwork, is approximately 80m in diameter and is surrounded by at least two ditches. The form and location of the monument indicates it to be an Iron Age defended settlement.
