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Camp on Grindstone Law

England
List entry 1006498
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006498
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.86 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 00378 73307
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Camp on Grindstone Law is a hillfort located in Northumberland, England. The site occupies a prominent hilltop position and belongs to the Iron Age period, representing a significant defensive settlement from prehistoric Britain. The monument is defined by its earthwork defences, which would have served to protect the inhabitants and their livestock from external threats. As a hillfort, Camp on Grindstone Law contributes to our understanding of Iron Age settlement patterns and territorial organisation in the north of England during the centuries preceding the Roman conquest.

Camp on Grindstone Law is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006498. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Camp on Grindstone Law?

Camp on Grindstone Law is a hillfort located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006498.

Who is responsible for protecting Camp on Grindstone Law?

Camp on Grindstone Law 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 1006498.

What other scheduled monuments are near Camp on Grindstone Law?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21 (4.8 km), Haltonchesters Roman fort, settlement and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of Haltonchesters fort and the Fence Burn in wall mile 21 (5 km), Halton medieval settlement (5.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
4.8 km
Haltonchesters Roman fort, settlement and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of Haltonchesters fort and the Fence Burn in wall mile 21
5 km
Halton medieval settlement
5.5 km
Round cairn 530m west of Stanley Cottages
5.8 km
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6309 and the B6321 in wall miles 16, 17 and 18
6.5 km
Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
7 km
Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
7 km
Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Camp on Grindstone Law

Camp on Grindstone Law stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Camp on Grindstone Law

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~11.7 milesBattle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~11.4 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~14.8 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~24.8 miles
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