<< Text Pages >> White Law - Hillfort in England in Northumberland
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: White LawCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: NT949291 Landranger Map Number: 74
Latitude: 55.555564N Longitude: 2.082403W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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DenzilRed visited on 3rd Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Little remains apart from feint outline of multivallate ramparts visible on southern face. Northern face has mostly eroded but this may have used natural slope as a rampart rather than earthworks, although some stone and scree has fallen down into the valley below so earthworks may have existed.
Site is smaller than other examples in the valley, with approximately three roundhouses in the enclosure and two ramparts on the southern face. While the roundhouses and ramparts are very difficult to observe on the summit, the ramparts are visible on ascent/descent of the western ridge to the summit. The roundhouses are observed via crop marks using ariel imagery from Google Maps.
Surprisingly well sheltered from the elements and although this fort is quite high up (410m), it does offer an exceptional view of the surrounding valley, other forts and as far as the coast, giving it an excellent vantage point to spot potential invaders as well as providing some sheltered pasture for livestock.
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