<< Our Photo Pages >> Middleton Dean - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Northumberland
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Middleton Dean Alternative Name: Dod Hill NorthCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Wooler
Map Ref: NT99782194
Latitude: 55.491257N Longitude: 2.005037W
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 |
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| 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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SolarMegalith visited on 11th Jan 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Inside the hillfort two later phases of occupation are clearly distinguishable - Romano-British rectangular houses distributed along the rampart, as well as medieval shielings and sheep pens.
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