<< Our Photo Pages >> Old Bewick Hillfort - Hillfort in England in Northumberland
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Old Bewick HillfortCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Old Bewick
Map Ref: NU07502155 Landranger Map Number: 75
Latitude: 55.487697N Longitude: 1.882869W
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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Mrussell visited on 30th Oct 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
SolarMegalith visited on 6th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Modern-Neolithic visited on 20th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
maddy visited on 14th Oct 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3
Worth the walk from the Old Bewick farm to the top of the hill. To the north and east the ground turns to high moor. The more eastern hill fort has two WW2 pillboxes bulit just out side the site. The grassy field to the north has some fine rock art on several large free standing boulders worth the wander from the hill forts.
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 5743, which adds: "The fort is situated on the highest part of Bewick Hill, the ground sloping away gently on all sides except the south where the descent is very steep and in places, precipitous. The situation, together with the strong nature of the artificial defences, indicates an Iron Age origin. West Fort. Defences consist of two banks and ditches with original entrances on the east and west sides. The inner bank continues as a very slight rampart along the edge of the steep natural slopes to the south. There are four hut circles in the enclosed area, varying in diameter from 4.0m to 15.0m. East Fort. Defences consist of two banks and ditches with one original entrance to the SE. Along the edge of the natural slope to the south are traces of rough walling. In the enclosed area are traces of the three walls referred to in sources 3/4. There is one hut circle near the SE entrance but traces of what may be at least five others exist close to the inner rampart. There is also a circular rock-cut basin, the purpose of which was not ascertained. The small breaks in the west side of the banks of the fort are apparently modern."
This is a scheduled ancient monument.
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