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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Ringses Fort - Hillfort in England in Northumberland

Submitted by TimPrevett on Thursday, 20 May 2010  Page Views: 8314

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: The Ringses Fort
Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wooler  Nearest Village: Doddington
Map Ref: NU01353281  Landranger Map Number: 75
Latitude: 55.588926N  Longitude: 1.980141W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
5

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The Ringses Fort
The Ringses Fort submitted by TimPrevett : This was an unplanned visit to Doddington Moor at the end of a surprisingly superb weather day. It would have been a travesty to miss the late evening sun, so en route back to the campsite, we decided to have a plod around this moor. We decided not to investigate The Ringses: livestock, wanting to bag some more rock art, tiredness, need for food and failing light all conspired. However, I did go... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Northumberland

This multivallate Iron Age hillfort is located on the edge of an escarpment. From this location there are views in almost all directions, especially to the NW. Inside the ramparts there are remains of a secondary Romano-British occuppation.
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The Ringses Fort
The Ringses Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Ditch in the eastern part of The Ringses hillfort (photo taken on March 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Ringses Fort
The Ringses Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Top part of the rampart in the SE part of The Ringses hillfort (photo taken on March 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Ringses Fort
The Ringses Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart and ditch in the southern part of The Ringses (photo taken on March 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Ringses Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : The Ringses hillfort - view from the south (photo taken on March 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Ringses Fort
The Ringses Fort submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart in the SW part of the Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on March 2013). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 286m ENE 78° The Ringses Portable Rock Art (NU0163032870)
 289m ENE 76° The Ringses 1a* Rock Art (NU0163132879)
 291m ENE 78° The Ringses 1b* Rock Art (NU0163532871)
 325m E 89° The Ringses 2* Rock Art (NU0167632818)
 355m E 93° The Ringses 3b* Rock Art (NU0170632792)
 356m E 93° The Ringses 3a* Rock Art (NU0170732794)
 359m E 93° The Ringses 3c Rock Art (NU0171032793)
 395m E 100° The Ringses 4a* Rock Art (NU0174032741)
 396m E 100° The Ringses 4c Rock Art (NU0174232744)
 400m E 100° The Ringses 4b* Rock Art (NU0174532740)
 409m ESE 103° The Ringses 5b & 5c Rock Art (NU0175032720)
 411m ESE 102° The Ringses 5a* Rock Art (NU0175432726)
 431m ESE 103° The Ringses 6e Rock Art (NU0177132714)
 432m ESE 104° The Ringses 6b* Rock Art (NU0177032705)
 432m ESE 104° The Ringses 6f* Rock Art (NU0177132709)
 432m ESE 104° The Ringses 6a* Rock Art (NU0177032704)
 433m ESE 105° The Ringses 6c Rock Art (NU0177032700)
 434m ESE 105° The Ringses 6d* Rock Art (NU0177132701)
 444m ESE 105° The Ringses 7* Rock Art (NU0178032695)
 549m N 10° Doddington Sheepfold A & D* Rock Art (NU0144233352)
 718m WSW 244° Doddington Quarry Rock Art (NU007325)
 784m SW 229° Dod Law Quarry Site B Rock Art (NU0075232300)
 997m SW 215° Dod Law Quarry Site A* Rock Art (NU00783199)
 1.0km S 172° West Horton 7 & 8 Rock Art (NU01503178)
 1.1km SE 139° West Horton portables a & b Rock Art (NU02053200)
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