Castle Knowe
Viewed from the south
Castle Knowe, Northumberland is located in Northumberland
Castle Knowe, Northumberland
Shown within Northumberland
Alternative nameClinch Castle
Locationnear Ingram, Northumberland
Coordinates55°25′33″N 1°57′7″W / 55.42583°N 1.95194°W / 55.42583; -1.95194
OS grid referenceNU 031 147
TypeHillfort
History
PeriodsIron Age
Designated6 September 1934
Reference no.1016542

Castle Knowe, also known as Clinch Castle, is the site of an Iron Age hillfort in Northumberland, England, about 1 mile south-east of the village of Ingram. It is a scheduled monument.[1]

Description

The fort is in the Cheviot Hills, where there are other Iron Age sites including those at Old Fawden Hill and Chubden Hill, visible from Castle Knowe to the south-west.[1]

The hill has steep slopes to the west and north, less steep to the east and south. The fort on the summit measures about 75 metres (246 ft) west to east and 60 metres (200 ft) north to south; there are three roughly concentric ramparts on the slopes of the hill, of which the outer rampart and middle ramparts merge on the west side. The fort's outer rampart is the most substantial. There is an original entrance on the east side, where the rampart's ends are slightly inturned.[1]

There are remains of seven or more roundhouses within the fort, of diameter 3.8 to 8.4 metres (12 to 28 ft); there is some overlapping, indicating that there was more than one phase of occupation.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Multivallate hillfort, 483m south west of Clinch (1016542)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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