Possible curvilinear enclosure on the small rounded hilltop of Blakeley Hill near Heddon on the Wall, faintly visible on enhanced LIDAR. The location is at OS grid reference: NZ 11036 66458.
Note that lidar data enhanced by the method used here accentuates raised banks in white, and ditches in black. A multicolour hillshade colours slope aspect (the direction faced) using a mixture of three colours. The west side of Blakeley Hill faces W and is coloured red
Note that lidar data enhanced by the method used here accentuates raised banks in white, and ditches in black. A multicolour hillshade colours slope aspect (the direction faced) using a mixture of three colours. The west side of Blakeley Hill faces W and is coloured red
Possible prehistoric enclosed settlement on Blakeley Hill. Enhanced LIDAR (DSM, 1m) © Environment Agency (2022).
The enclosure is approximately 130m in diameter possibly within a much larger outer bank (c.250m). Note new A69 bypass on N side of the hill, and the old Hexham Road to the S. Other features visible on the hill look like small mounds and possible field boundaries. The feature visible on the NE side is an extant stone pile which appears to fill a natural hollow and has been there for many years. 1st Ed OS shows this was originally included in an extension of the triangular wood on E side of the hill (Blakeley Plantation).
There is nothing shown on old OS maps, satellite imagery, HE aerial mapping or on the Northumberland Historic Environment Record (HER). It could I suppose be underlying geology or old surface quarrying for stone, but nothing like it can be seen nearby except perhaps the Scheduled Iron Age enclosed settlement on Horsley Hill just over 1 mile to the
W (NZ 09273 66242) although that is markedly smaller in size (see below). Note shallow quarry pits on W and S sides.
Northumberland HER: N10018
Sheduled Monument: 1016470
There is nothing shown on old OS maps, satellite imagery, HE aerial mapping or on the Northumberland Historic Environment Record (HER). It could I suppose be underlying geology or old surface quarrying for stone, but nothing like it can be seen nearby except perhaps the Scheduled Iron Age enclosed settlement on Horsley Hill just over 1 mile to the
W (NZ 09273 66242) although that is markedly smaller in size (see below). Note shallow quarry pits on W and S sides.
Northumberland HER: N10018
Sheduled Monument: 1016470
Iron Age enclosed settlement on Horsley Hill. Enhanced LIDAR (DSM, 1m) © Environment Agency (2022).
The possible enclosed settlement on Blakeley Hill was added to the Northumberland HER on Friday 29th August 2025.
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