Glead’s Cleugh

Promontory Fort
NT94882908

Also known as:

Akeld Hill and Gleads Cleugh

Nearest town:

Coldstream (15km WNW)

OS reference:

NT94882908

OS sheets:

74, 75

Latitude:

55° 33' 19.15 N

Longitude:

2° 4' 52.22 W

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Images (8)

Images

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Elevated view from Harehope Hill, near Monday Cleugh.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The fort (centre) seen from the east, across Akeld Burn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The end of the promontory from the southeast.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The steep-sided gully along the southwestern side of the fort.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Looking out from the fort across the ramparts.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Looking down on Akeld Burn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The double rampart. G/F is socially distant on the hillside opposite.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

Image of Glead’s Cleugh (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Looking down on the fort from the west. The flat feature on the hill to the right is Monday Cleugh.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.10.2019)

thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2020

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Monday Cleugh

Hillfort • 0.94km ESE

9
Harehope Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.08km E

3
West Akeld Stead

Henge • 1.76km NNE

1
Humbleton Hill

Hillfort • 2.02km E

7

2

2
Battlestone (Humbleton)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 2.05km ENE

3

6
Yeavering Bell

Hillfort • 2.18km W

28

1

8

2
Battle Stone (Yeavering)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 2.29km W

6

3
Gefrin

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.59km W

2

3

1
Old Yeavering

Henge • 2.67km W

1

1
Ewart Park Henge

Henge • 2.73km NNE

1
East Marleyknowe

Henge • 3.28km NNW

1
Hart Heugh

Cairn(s) • 3.54km ESE

1

1
Green Castle

Hillfort • 3.55km E

3

2

1
Hart Heugh

Stone Circle • 3.59km ESE

1

1
Highburn House

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 3.65km E

4

1

2
The Kettles

Hillfort • 3.94km E

3

2
Coupland Henge

Henge • 4.1km NNW

2
West Horton 6 c

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 4.22km E

2

1
Pin Well / King’s Chair

Sacred Well • 4.29km E

4

1

3
The Bell

Hillfort • 4.67km WSW

1
Maelmin Henge Reconstruction

4.69km NNW

10

4

2
Cuddy’s Cave (Doddington)

Cave / Rock Shelter • 5.73km ENE

6

3
Hethpool

Stone Circle • 5.8km WSW

19

3
Milfield North

Henge • 5.99km NW

1
Hethpool cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.03km WSW

3
Dod Law Hillfort rock art

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.09km ENE

20

2
Doddington North

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.11km ENE

10

1
Dod Law Main

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.18km ENE

28

1

2
Coldmartin Loughs 1-2

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.19km E

28

2

1
Dod Law

Hillfort • 6.27km ENE

11
Gled Law

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.28km ENE

27

2

2
Little Hetha

Hillfort • 6.33km WSW

9
Gled Law North

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.36km ENE

13

2
Weetwood North

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.45km E

2

1
Doddington Enclosure

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.45km ENE

6

2
Flodden Camp

Henge • 6.5km NW

1

1
Great Hetha Camp

Hillfort • 6.58km WSW

5

1
Doddington Moor Quarry Site

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.58km ENE

15

3
Doddington Dubious Stone

Standing Stones • 6.63km ENE

2

1
Whitsunbank 1

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.7km E

6

1

1
High Chesters

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.74km NE

5

1

3
Whitsunbank 3

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.9km E

4

1

2
Doddington Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.91km ENE

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1

5
Whitsunbank 2

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.96km E

14

2

1
Buttony

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.06km ENE

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2

3

2
Fowberry Cairn

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.1km E

17

3

2
North Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.22km E

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1

2
Weetwood Moor

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.29km E

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3

6

4
Clavering

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2
Fowberry Moor Stone-3

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.31km E

1
The Ringses Hillfort

Hillfort • 7.45km ENE

2
Weetwood 8

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.5km E

3

2
West Horton

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.68km ENE

9

1
The Ringses

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.7km ENE

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2

1
South Middleton Moor

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.75km ESE

2
Hare Law Crags

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.77km ENE

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2

1
Way to Wooler

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.87km E
Middleton Dean cairn

Round Cairn • 7.87km ESE

4
Fowberry Mains

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.01km E

20

1

2
Broomridge

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.2km NNE

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4

2
Fowberry Enclosure 1&2

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.27km E

8

1

2
Goatscrag

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.35km NNE

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1

1

1
Roughting Linn

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.37km NNE

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3
Roughting Linn Camp

Promontory Fort • 8.39km NNE

10

1
Fowberry Moor Farm Stone

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.53km E

2

1
Fowberry Enclosure 3

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 8.53km E

3

1

2
Ford Henge

Henge • 8.53km N

1
Middleton Dean

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Heddon Hill

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1

1
Heddon Moor cairn

Round Cairn • 8.77km ESE

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Blackchester

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7
Threestone Burn

Stone Circle • 8.96km SE

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6
Doddington North Moor

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 9.12km NE

3

1
Heddon Moor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.18km ESE

10
Dod Hill

Long Cairn • 9.25km SE

1

1
Hedgehope

Cairn(s) • 9.29km S

5

2
The Cheviot

Cairn(s) • 9.49km SSW

3

2
Dod Hill East

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.49km SE

7

1
Stob Stones

Standing Stones • 9.92km WSW

2

1
Hurl Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10km E

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6
Hazelrigg

Cup Marked Stone • 10.34km ENE

1

1
Newtown Mill

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.67km E

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The King’s Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.4km WNW

1

1

3

1
Chatton Camp

Hillfort • 12.29km ENE

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1
Kettley Stone

Cup Marked Stone • 12.29km ENE

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1

3

1
Kettley Crag

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 12.5km ENE

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2

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4
St Cuthbert’s Cave (Cockenheugh)

Cave / Rock Shelter • 12.56km ENE

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1
Kettley Crag – lower outcrop

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 12.57km ENE

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Chatton

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 12.64km E

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2

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The Bowden Doors

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2

2
Amerside Law

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 12.8km E

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2

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4
Amerside Law north

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.8km E

4

2
Hepburn Crags Camp

Hillfort • 13.22km E

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1
Lyham Moor

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 13.41km ENE

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2
Ros Castle

Cup Marked Stone • 13.67km E

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4

1
Percy’s Leap

Natural Rock Feature • 13.7km ESE

1

1
Berthele’s Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 13.77km E

2

1

1
Hepburn Moor

Cairn(s) • 13.98km E

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Kyloe Camp

Hillfort • 14.06km NE

1
Millstone Hill

Cup Marked Stone • 14.21km E

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1

2
Old Bewick Cairn

Cairn(s) • 14.23km E

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Heddon Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.31km ESE

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2
Whinny Hill

Stone Circle • 14.46km E

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1

1
Old Bewick Hillfort

Hillfort • 14.59km E

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2

1
Ox Eye

Long Cairn • 14.62km E

3

1
Duddo Five Stones

Stone Circle • 14.74km NNW

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2

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2
Blawearie Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 14.81km E

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5

1
Old Bewick

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 14.89km E

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1

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3
The Grey Stone (Coldstream)

Natural Rock Feature • 15km WNW

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Whitehill Head

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 15.07km E

2

1
Tick Law

Cairn(s) • 15.37km E

8

1
Linton Hill

Hillfort • 16.13km W

1
Powburn

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.25km ESE

7

2
Harehope Hill

Cairn(s) • 16.25km E

1

2
Russell’s Cairn

Cairn(s) • 16.72km SW

3

4

1
Hownam Law

Hillfort • 16.88km WSW

8

2
Cateran Hill

Cave / Rock Shelter • 16.91km E

6

5

1
Lucker Moor

Round Cairn • 16.91km E

3
Groat Haugh

Henge • 17.18km NW

1

2
Frogden Circle

Stone Circle • 17.42km W

1

1
Beanley Plantation Settlement

Hillfort • 18.17km ESE

6

1

1

1
Ringses Camp, Beanley Moor

Hillfort • 18.23km E

18

2

1
Isabella’s Mount

Enclosure • 18.38km E

1
Kippy Heugh

Enclosure • 18.42km ENE

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The Shearers

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.57km WSW

4

3

1
Horseshoe Wood

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.06km WSW

7

1

1
Wandylaw

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 19.17km E

7
Scrainwood

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 19.84km SE

3

2
Titlington Mount

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 19.91km ESE

10

1

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