10.5284/1061234
Carlton, Richard J
Archaeological excavations at Harehaugh hillfort in 2002
Archaeology Data Service
2019
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Archaeologia Aeliana, 40, 85-115
Excavations at Harehaugh hillfort in Coquetdale, Northumberland, were carried out in 2002 as part of a wider project to determine the rate at which the monument was being damaged by erosion and how this was impacting upon significant archaeological remains. The results of the excavations and an associated 10-year programme of erosion-scar monitoring indicate that erosion is having a very significant impact upon archaeological remains, some of which remain well preserved with the potential to reveal important information. The excavations are described, and the article finishes with some comments on the significance and potential of the hillfort and its environs, and an attempt is made to place it in the context of regional Iron Age studies, particularly in the light of recent contextual surveys of hillforts in upland Northumberland and discoveries of large lowland sites to the south.