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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Harehaugh Camp
Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Holystone
Map Ref: NY96959980  Landranger Map Number: 81
Latitude: 55.292306N  Longitude: 2.049574W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Harehaugh Camp
Harehaugh Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Multivallate earthworks in the western part of Harehaugh Camp (photo taken on June 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Northumberland

Harehaugh Camp is an Iron Age multivallate hillfort with stunning location overlooking the areas to the north and valley to the S-SE. The monument was probably built in two phases, the first one including the earthworks enclosing 0.6ha and the second one with earthworks enclosing 1.5ha. The ramparts are in good condition except for some sectors damaged by badgers.
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Harehaugh Camp
Harehaugh Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Multivallate earthworks of the Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on June 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Harehaugh Camp
Harehaugh Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Well-preserved ditch of Harehaugh Camp (photo taken on June 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Harehaugh Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Entrance to Harehaugh Camp (photo taken on June 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Harehaugh Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : View from Harehaugh Camp towards River Coquet (photo taken on June 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Harehaugh Camp submitted by durhamnature : Sketch of the camp, from "Upper Coquetdale" digitised by Archive.org

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Coquetdale Community Excavation Reveals Stone Age Long Cairn by Andy B on Monday, 27 August 2012
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Looks like this one needs its own site page, they don't give a map ref but it could be inferred from the plan on the report linked below

"Initial results from the Coquetdale Community Excavation at Harehaugh, near Holystone, this August (2005 I think) are very exciting, suggesting that we have uncovered a Neolithic long cairn. This is the first known long cairn in Upper Coquetdale, and one of only a handful in Northumberland. At around 4,500-5,000 years old, it is one of the oldest monuments in Upper Coquetdale!"

What is a Long Cairn?

Long cairns were built by the earliest farmers as monuments and burial places. They are made from piles of stones edged with a stone kerb, and vary in length from 15m to over 100m. Long cairns are normally found on prominent hills overlooking vast distances along valleys.

What did we do on our excavation?

Our excavation focussed on a rocky ridge to the west of the Harehaugh camp Iron Age hillfort. This ridge had never been investigated before, so during the two week project we opened two trenches and completed a detailed landscape survey of both the ridge and surrounding area.

What did we find out?

By carefully removing soil from around the stones, we found that the long cairn was built from a naturally rocky ridge. On the north-east side, the rock had been quarried away, and on the south-west side, stones had been piled up, to make a central ridge with flat terrace areas along each side. When first built, this would have looked very striking in the landscape.

The survey work we carried out also revealed that the mound was surrounded on three sides by a wide, flat platform. This is quite unusual in a long cairn; normally there is just a small platform at one end. On the south side of the platform, a bank and ditch ran alongside the monument.

On the top of the ridge was a stone lined pit, with large kerb stones surrounding a stone cist (or coffin). Unfortunately the cist was empty, as it had been dug into by antiquarian archaeologists many years ago. The cist probably originally held a burial or cremation.

Did we discover any artefacts?

The only artefact we found was a broken flint blade, with a serrated edge. This kind of blade was made and used during Neolithic times. (photo at link below)


We also took samples of black, peaty soil from the bottom of the cist burial. Initial analysis of this soil shows it is full of preserved plant remains. This is very exciting, as it will allow us to build up a picture of exactly what plants and trees were growing in Upper Coquetdale when the monument was built, and will also provide material for radio-carbon dating of the site.

Peter Carne of Durham University Archaeological Services has produced an interim report on the excavation which you can read here. A full report on the excavations will be ready by the end of March.

Click here to read more on the project excavation.
http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/lookingafter/projects/coquetdalearchaeology/projectnews

Dig Diary
http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/lookingafter/projects/coquetdalearchaeology/projectexcavation_05

Interim Report
http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/146508/uccapharehaughinterimreport.pdf

Full Report
http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/lookingafter/projects/coqu

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Harehaugh Camp Street View by Andy B on Monday, 27 August 2012
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Re: Harehaugh Camp by Anonymous on Tuesday, 09 November 2004
The site is no loger being investigated. It is a wellkept secret and should remain so. Please go somwhere else!.
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Re: Harehaugh Camp by LenW on Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Access to the fort is forbidden at present (16/2/2003). This is probably because of excavation work being carried out as part of the National Parks Hill Forts project.
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