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Gunnerton Crag camps is a pair of Iron Age hillforts located in Northumberland near the North Tyne valley. The sites comprise two separate defended enclosures positioned on elevated ground, representing strategic settlement locations typical of the Iron Age period in northern Britain. The camps are defined by their defensive earthworks, which would have served both protective and territorial functions for their Iron Age inhabitants. These monuments form part of the broader pattern of hillforts established across Northumberland during the pre-Roman Iron Age, contributing to understanding of settlement hierarchy and land use in the region during this period.
Gunnerton Crag camps is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002908. View the official record →
Gunnerton Crag camps is a pair of Iron Age hillforts located in Northumberland near the North Tyne valley. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002908.
Gunnerton Crag camps 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 1002908.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Roman fort, vicus, bridge abutments and associated remains of Hadrian's Wall at Chesters in wall mile 27 (5 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswald's Cottages, east of Brunton Gate and the North Tyne in wall miles 25, 26 and 27 (5.4 km), Fishponds, 250m north west of Walwick Grange Farm (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gunnerton Crag camps'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.
Gunnerton Crag camps stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.