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Camp at West Linkhall is a prehistoric enclosure located in Northumberland. The site comprises an earthwork with a curvilinear plan, characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in northern Britain. Its defensive or territorial function reflects the social organisation of late prehistoric communities in this region during the first millennium BCE. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding settlement hierarchies and land use in Iron Age Northumberland.
Camp at West Linkhall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006500. View the official record →
Camp at West Linkhall is a prehistoric enclosure located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006500.
Camp at West Linkhall 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 1006500.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Leonard's Hospital, Alnwick (7.1 km), Alnwick Abbey (7.4 km), Defended settlement, 300m WNW of West Brizlee (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp at West Linkhall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Camp at West Linkhall stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.