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Multivallate hillfort, 420 metres south-south-west of Catcherside in Northumberland, is an Iron Age defensive earthwork characterised by multiple concentric ramparts and ditches that define its name and structure. The site demonstrates the sophisticated fortification techniques employed by Iron Age communities in northern Britain, with its multivallate design providing layered defensive positions around a central enclosed area. The earthworks remain substantially visible as landscape features, though their condition reflects the passage of two millennia and subsequent land use. Such hillforts were typically occupied during the Iron Age period, serving functions that encompassed settlement, refuge, and control of local territory and communication routes across the Northumberland landscape.
Multivallate hillfort, 420m SSW of Catcherside is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011100. View the official record →
Multivallate hillfort, 420 metres south-south-west of Catcherside in Northumberland, is an Iron Age defensive earthwork characterised by multiple concentric ramparts and ditches that define its name and structure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011100.
Multivallate hillfort, 420m SSW of Catcherside 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 1011100.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn, 500m north-west of Crookdene Farm (4.1 km), Medieval farmstead, 450m north east of Berry Hills (4.2 km), Romano-British farmstead, 440m south of Hawick Farm (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Multivallate hillfort, 420m SSW of Catcherside's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Multivallate hillfort, 420m SSW of Catcherside stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.