An Iron Age Hillfort and its Environs on West Hill, Northumberland. Survey Report
Author(s): A Oswald, Marcus Jecock, Stewart Ainsworth
Between December 1999 and February 2000 English Heritage carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of an Iron Age hillfort and its environs on West Hill in the Northumberland National Park. The principal monuments on the summit of West Hill are the stone-built Iron Age hillfort itself; an arc of bank and ditch, which possibly represent part of an earlier enclosure; an outer enclosure surrounding the hillfort, which may be a Romano-British addition; and a small enclosed settlement, built over the bank of the outer enclosure of a type generally agreed to be of Romano-British date. All but one of the thirteen structures identified in the interior of the hillfort also appear to post-date the collapse of the rampart, and may well be of Romano-British date. On the flanks of the hill and in the valley bottom to the south, the field investigation identified a wealth of archaeological remains ranging in date from the later prehistoric period to the 19th century. (This was report number 12/2000 in a previous report series)
- Report Number:
- 89/2000
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 72
