Monument Number 7804 |
| Hob Uid: 7804 | |
Location :
Northumberland
Holy Island
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| Grid Ref : NU1295041650 |
| Summary : A post medieval fort is visible as a ruined building on air photographs. The feature is still extant on the latest 2003 NMR oblique photography.Fort, considered to have been built in 1675. Ruined walls, a small tower and earthworks remain. The ruined tower is 6.7 metres square. The walls of the tower are 0.8 metres to 1 metres thick with a maximum height of 3 metres. The outer wall to the south and east is fragmentary but appears to have been a retaining wall to a grass covered platform or berm outside the inner one, which although ruinous, is continuous, with a width of 0.7 metres and a maximum height of 1.5 metres. |
More information : [NU12954165] Fort [NR] (Remains of) [N.A.T.]. (1)
A fort situated at the east end of the Heugh. From an entry in the parish register it is inferred that the date of the construction was 1675.
The ruined walls follow the line of the rock on which it is built so that the form is irregular. On the sides next to the sea there are two walls, but on those towards the island, only one. Within the walls is the ruin of a small tower measuring eight yards by seven, the walls of which are still a few feet above the ground. (2)
Description correct except that the tower is 6.7m square. The outer wall to the south and east is fragmentary but appears to have been a retaining wall to a grass covered platform or berm outside the inner one, which although ruinous, is continuous, with a width of 0.7m and a maximum height of 1.5m. An entrance on the south side gives access to the outer platform. (3)
The Walls of the tower are 0.8 m to 1.0 m thick with a maximum height of 3.0 m.
Condition unchanged. (4)
NU 129 416. Fort on the Heugh. Scheduled No ND/298. (5)
The fort was preceded by a lookout tower built before 1409. (6)
A post medieval fort is visible as a ruined building on air photographs, centred at NU 1295 4165. The feature is still extant on the latest 2003 NMR oblique photography.
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