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Old Fawdon Hill West camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument located in Northumberland. The site comprises an Iron Age hillfort positioned on high ground in the region. The monument is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1006546. Like other hillforts of its period, the site would have served defensive and possibly administrative functions during the Iron Age, representing an important settlement form in prehistoric Britain.
Old Fawdon Hill West camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006546. View the official record →
Old Fawdon Hill West camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument located in Northumberland.
Old Fawdon Hill West 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 1006546.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tinkler's Dene univallate hillfort, 400m north-east of Dancing Hall Farm (5.7 km), Round cairn, 160m south of Hard Nab (6.3 km), Medieval boundary stone, 220m SSE of Callaly Crag (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Old Fawdon Hill West camp'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.
Old Fawdon Hill West camp stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.