![]() Viewed from the east | |
Location | near Wooler |
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Coordinates | 55°32′53″N 2°3′14″W / 55.54806°N 2.05389°W |
OS grid reference | NT 967 283 |
Altitude | 298 m (978 ft) |
Type | Hillfort |
History | |
Periods | Neolithic Iron Age |
Designated | 24 September 1934 |
Reference no. | 1016714 |
Humbleton Hill is a hill in Northumberland, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Wooler.
It is the location of the Battle of Homildon Hill of 1402, between English and Scottish armies.[1] There is an archaeological site on the summit, with remains of an enclosed settlement of the Neolithic Age and a later Iron Age hillfort. It is a scheduled monument.[2]