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Settlement (Matfen)

(NZ 04417449) Hut circle. (1)

A hut circle, 10.5m diameter, formed by and earth-and-stone bank, max height 1m externally and 0.2m internally. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)

Condition unchanged. The hut appears to be coeval (ie probably Romano-British with the group to the north (NZ 07 SW 5). (3)

NZ 044745. Warrior Stone possible unenclosed settlement. (4)

A hut circle of probable Roman date is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NZ 0441 7449. It is extant on the latest 1980 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. (5a)
N10305
Roman (43 to 410)
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1961; J L Davidson
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; D Smith
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage


Source of Reference
Local History of Matfen

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