Memorials & monuments · North East England

Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake

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Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Slate Hill Settlement is an archaeological site in Northumberland, England, near the village of Bolam and about 7 miles (11 km) west of Morpeth. The site, a defended settlement dating from the Iron Age, is a scheduled monument.

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The site is regarded as an example of a type of defended settlement of the Iron Age, first constructed in the 7th to 5th centuries BC in the northern uplands of what is now England, sometimes located on hilltops. Within the enclosure there would be a number of stone or timber roundhouses for the inhabitants, probably a single family group, and perhaps space to keep livestock in winter. On Slate Hill there are four concentric ramparts, terraced on the sloping hillside, in a semicircle forming on the north and west sides of an enclosure; quarrying has affected the east side where one rampart remains. The ramparts, of stone and earth, are about 5 m wide and 1.4 m high. On the south side a…

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Coordinates: 55.1338, -1.8800
District: Northumberland
Parish: Belsay
Postcode: NE61 4DZ
Parliamentary constituency: Hexham

Sources

wikidata: Q17674382 (CC0)
wikipedia: Slate Hill Settlement (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Where is Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake?: Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE61 4DZ), in the parish of Belsay.
What is Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake?: Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake in England North East, United Kingdom.
How do I get to Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake?: Drivers can use postcode NE61 4DZ.
Is Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake a protected site?: Yes — Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Is Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake free to visit?: Yes, Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake is free to enter.
How do I get to Defended settlement on Slate Hill, 300m north west of Bolam Lake?: Drivers can navigate to postcode NE61 4DZ. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.

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