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Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor

England
List entry 1006531
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006531
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.94 hectares
Grid reference
NU 01858 31201
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Buttony Wood camp is a prehistoric enclosed settlement located on Horton Moor in Northumberland. The site consists of a roughly circular or sub-rectangular enclosure defined by a substantial bank and ditch, characteristic of Iron Age hillforts or defended settlements of northern Britain. Its position on elevated moorland would have provided strategic advantage and defensibility in the later prehistoric period. The monument represents an important example of later Iron Age settlement patterns in Northumberland, though precise dating and detailed structural sequence remain subjects for further archaeological investigation.

Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006531. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor?

Buttony Wood camp is a prehistoric enclosed settlement located on Horton Moor in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006531.

Who is responsible for protecting Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor?

Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006531.

What other scheduled monuments are near Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean (9.2 km), Two prehistoric hut circles and field enclosure 560m south west of Cowboy's Cairn (9.4 km), Round cairn 790m west of Smithy Strip (9.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean
9.2 km
Two prehistoric hut circles and field enclosure 560m south west of Cowboy's Cairn
9.4 km
Round cairn 790m west of Smithy Strip
9.4 km
Promontory fort 330m south east of Middleton Dean
9.5 km
Prehistoric rock art 190m south west of Middleton Dean promontory fort
9.6 km
Site 1/2 mile (800m) W of Bewick Bridge
9.6 km
Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle and field plot at Lamb Crag
9.7 km
Unenclosed hut circle settlement 1060m north west of Ilderton Moor
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor

Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor

Battle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~3.4 milesBattle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~8.7 milesThe Site of The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333Battle (1333) · ~15.6 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~24.8 miles
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