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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 →
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.
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.
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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