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Flodden Edge camp

England
List entry 1006449
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006449
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.07 hectares
Grid reference
NT 91459 34957
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Flodden Edge camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Northumberland near the village of Branxton. The monument comprises an approximately circular enclosure defined by a substantial earthen bank and ditch, positioned on elevated ground that commands views across the surrounding landscape. Dating to the Iron Age, the site represents a form of fortified settlement typical of the period in northern Britain. The camp's strategic location and defensive characteristics suggest it served both as a settlement and a place of refuge during a period of significant social and territorial organisation in prehistoric Northumberland.

Flodden Edge camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006449. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Flodden Edge camp?

Flodden Edge camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Northumberland near the village of Branxton. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006449.

Who is responsible for protecting Flodden Edge camp?

Flodden Edge camp 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 1006449.

What other scheduled monuments are near Flodden Edge camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed settlement, part of a field system, Romano-British aggregate village and group of shielings, 470m south east of Whitehall (9.4 km), Enclosed settlement 920m south east of Whitehall (9.6 km), Romano-British settlement 810m south east of Whitehall (9.6 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Unenclosed settlement, part of a field system, Romano-British aggregate village and group of shielings, 470m south east of Whitehall
9.4 km
Enclosed settlement 920m south east of Whitehall
9.6 km
Romano-British settlement 810m south east of Whitehall
9.6 km
Shieling at Southernknowe, 530m SSE of Whitehall
9.7 km
Roman period native enclosed settlement 480m north of Sutherland Bridge
9.8 km
Roman period native enclosed settlement 460m north of Sutherland Bridge
9.9 km
Southernknowe Roman period native enclosed settlement and clearance cairns, 280m north of Sutherland Bridge
10.1 km
Round cairn 550m NNW of Southernknowe
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Flodden Edge camp

Flodden Edge camp stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

The wider landscape

Around Flodden Edge camp

Battle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~2 milesBattle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~5.1 milesThe Site of The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333Battle (1333) · ~13.4 miles
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