| Title: |
An Iron Age Hillfort and its Environs on Castle Hill, Alnham, Northumberland |
| Number of Pages: |
60 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
In May and June 2000 English Heritage carried out a field investigation of a prehistoric hillfort and the surrounding landscape at Castle Hill, Alnham. The analytical survey formed part of the Northumberland National Park Authority's project entitled 'Discovering Our Hillfort Heritage', which was funded jointly by the European Union through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund through the Tweed Forum initiative, English Heritage and the Northumberland National Park Authority. The analytical field survey was one of a number intended to improve the understanding of Iron Age hillforts and comparable enclosures within the National Park and to inform their conservation and management. Castle Hill attained a height of just over 289m above Ordnance Datum and its summit was completely encircled by the three turf-covered ramparts of the hillfort, which extended over 1.9ha and enclosed an inner area of 0.4ha. The fort and its immediate environs were surveyed at 1:1000 scale, whilst the lower slopes of the hill extending up to 250m from the fort were surveyed at the smaller scale of 1:2500. The investigation of all the remains was carried out at Level 3 standard and covered an area of 16.1ha. The hillfort was protected as a SAM. The principal monuments in the survey area were the Iron Age hillfort itself, with a sequence of overlying livestock enclosures and circular hut sites of probable Romano-British date, which continued east and north-east outside the hillfort. There was evidence for cultivation on the hill slopes during the prehistoric, Romano-British, medieval and later periods. Several trackways crossing the hilltop were also probably in use during the Romano-British period. On the north-west flank of the hill, pre-hillfort settlement was evidenced by a group of unenclosed huts which might have dated to the Bronze Age. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Trevor Pearson
Amy Lax
Stewart Ainsworth
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| Publisher: |
English Heritage
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
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Tweed Forum |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Northumberland |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Castle Hill Alnham |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Castle Hill Alnham Northumberland |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CASTLE HILL, ALNHAM
Study area: 16.1ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Alnwick
Monument: TRACKWAY. Undated, TRACKWAY. Roman (AD43-410), RIDGE AND FURROW. Undated, WALL. Undated, HUT. Prehistoric, HILLFORT. Iron Age, FEATURE. Undated, FEATURE. Iron Age, ENCLOSURE. Roman (AD43-410), MULTIVALLATE HILLFORT. Iron Age, RIDGE AND FURROW. Medieval (1
Ngr: NT98001094
Parish: Whittingham
Postcode: NE664UE
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
