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Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney Crag is a prehistoric fortified enclosure located in Northumberland, England. The site is defined by a single defensive rampart, which gives the monument its univallate classification, and occupies a naturally commanding hilltop position. Dating to the Iron Age, the hillfort represents a form of settlement and territorial control characteristic of later prehistoric Britain. The monument survives as an earthwork and forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of Northumberland's prehistoric fortified sites.
Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney Crag is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011102. View the official record →
Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney Crag is a prehistoric fortified enclosure located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011102.
Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney Crag 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 1011102.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead, 540m north of Reaver Crag Farm (7.2 km), Stone hut circle, 950m north-west of Colwell (7.3 km), Blue Crags hillfort, 730m north-west of Colwell (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney Crag'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.
Univallate hillfort on Great Wanney Crag stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.