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Camp on Alnwick Moor is a prehistoric hillforted settlement located on moorland near Alnwick in Northumberland. The site comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement with defensive earthworks, indicating occupation during the Iron Age period. The monument consists of a roughly circular or oval enclosure defined by banks and ditches, typical of the defended homesteads and small fortified settlements characteristic of northern Britain in the pre-Roman Iron Age. Its position on elevated moorland would have provided strategic advantage and visibility across the surrounding landscape, reflecting the defensive priorities of Iron Age communities in this region.
Camp on Alnwick Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006474. View the official record →
Camp on Alnwick Moor is a prehistoric hillforted settlement located on moorland near Alnwick in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006474.
Camp on Alnwick 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 1006474.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Defended settlement, 700m south east of Glen Aln (2.1 km), Prehistoric rock art and Runic inscription in Lemmington Wood (2.6 km), Alnwick Moor bell pits (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp on Alnwick Moor'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 on Alnwick Moor stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.