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The defended settlement on Dunstan Hill, located 400 metres north of Doxford Farm in Northumberland, is an Iron Age fortified enclosure comprising a substantial univallate or multivallate earthwork defence. The monument consists of a hilltop settlement enclosed by one or more banks and ditches, characteristic of the defensive settlements constructed across northern Britain during the pre-Roman Iron Age. The site's elevated position on Dunstan Hill would have provided both strategic advantage and visibility across the surrounding landscape. Such defended settlements served as focal points for community organisation, storage of surplus agricultural produce, and protection during periods of conflict or instability in the Iron Age period.
Defended settlement on Dunstan Hill 400m north of Doxford Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014486. View the official record →
The defended settlement on Dunstan Hill, located 400 metres north of Doxford Farm in Northumberland, is an Iron Age fortified enclosure comprising a substantial univallate or multivallate earthwork defence. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014486.
Defended settlement on Dunstan Hill 400m north of Doxford Farm 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 1014486.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heiferlaw defended settlement and Second World War Zero Station, 100m north of Holywell (6 km), Heiferlaw tower house, 230m north east of Holywell (6 km), Defended settlement, 100m north west of Chester Cottage (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Defended settlement on Dunstan Hill 400m north of Doxford Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Defended settlement on Dunstan Hill 400m north of Doxford Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.