Huckhoe Settlement

Huckhoe Settlement is an archaeological site in Northumberland, England, near the village of Bolam and about 7 miles (11 km) west of Morpeth.

[1] The site is on an oval promontory, steep on the north and west sides, above a tributary of the River Wansbeck.

This is thought to be a re-occupation in the Romano-British period, of an Iron Age defended settlement.

[2] Similar palisaded hilltop enclosures have been found in north-east England and southern Scotland; they are the earliest type of defended settlement in the area.

There were also remains of rectangular buildings, interpreted as dating from the post-Roman period.