Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill is an archaeological site in Sunderland, England. Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill is situated nearby to Humbledon Reservoir, as well as near Thornhill Park School.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hamdon”, “Hamildon”, “Hamylden”, “Homeldon”, “Humbledon Bank”, and “Humbledon Hill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sunderland College and Barnes Park.
Sunderland College
College
Sunderland College, officially City of Sunderland College, is a further education and higher education college based in Sunderland, North East England. Sunderland College is situated 870 feet north of Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill.
Barnes Park
Park
Photo: Sunderland Renaissance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barnes Park is a public park in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Taken together with its post-war extensions, which run to the former county borough boundary, it is the largest park in the city. Barnes Park is situated 1,500 feet north of Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill.
St Nicholas‘ Church
Church
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas‘ Church is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plains Farm and Ashbrooke.
Plains Farm
Suburb
Plains Farm is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, and is a council-built housing estate, erected in the 1940s. Neighbouring areas include Silksworth, Barnes, Thorney Close, Springwell and Farringdon.
Ashbrooke
Suburb
Ashbrooke is a residential area of Sunderland, North East England directly south and south-west of the city centre. Ashbrooke developed through the Victorian era as Sunderland's first suburb.
Thorney Close
Suburb
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thorney Close is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. It is located on the northern edge of the A690, and borders with Grindon to the north and Herrington to the south, and the A19 to the west.
Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.89031° or 54° 53′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.40911° or 1° 24′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6WVHRR+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 737098235OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17664346
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