Univallate hillfort, Romano-British enclosed settlement and medieval farmstead, 224m north west of Chesters

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Univallate hillfort is a multiphase defensive settlement located in Northumberland, comprising an Iron Age hillfort with a single defensive rampart, subsequently reoccupied during the Romano-British period and later used as a medieval farmstead. The site demonstrates the long continuity of occupation and land use at strategically significant locations in northern Britain, with evidence of adaptation and reuse across three distinct historical periods spanning from the pre-Roman Iron Age through to the medieval era. The univallate character of its fortification, indicated by its single rampart system, is typical of many northern British hillforts of the Iron Age period. The successive phases of occupation reflect changing patterns of settlement, defence, and agricultural practice across more than a thousand years of northern English history.

Univallate hillfort, Romano-British enclosed settlement and medieval farmstead, 224m north west of Chesters is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006541. View the official record →

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