Middleton Dean

Nearest town:
Alnwick (20km E)
OS reference:
NT99782192
OS sheet:
75
Latitude:
55° 29' 27.61 N
Longitude:
2° 0' 12.54 W
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Images

Image of Middleton Dean (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Zoom on the fort from Middleton Dean cairn to the northwest.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 21, 2019
Image of Middleton Dean (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Looking west to Dod Hill, Hedgehope Hill and Middleton Crags.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 21, 2019
Image of Middleton Dean (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The southeastern section of rampart, looking across the Lilburn Burn. Somewhere on the distant hills on the left will be Ros Castle – the ridge extends south to Old Bewick.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 21, 2019
Image of Middleton Dean (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Curving earthwork of an internal structure at the northern end of the fort.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 21, 2019
Image of Middleton Dean (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The inturned banks of the entrance. There are some stone footings of structures inside the bank.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 21, 2019
Image of Middleton Dean (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The single bank and ditch on the southwest side of the fort.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 21, 2019

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