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Bronze Age round house on Fredden Hill (Wooler)

NT 951268. Unenclosed site and associated Bronze Age field system. (1)

NT 95182687. Fredden Hill settlement. A sub-circular enclosure on a slight natural platform on north-west facing hillslope. The diameter of the enclosure is c.20m. Entrance 4m wide on west side. There are no traces of internal occupation. (2)

NT 952269. Fredden Hill unenclosed settlement. [Plan]. (3)

A Bronze Age unenclosed settlement and associated field system surviving as earthworks. The round house survived as a circular enclosure with a bank of stones and earth 2m wide and 0.2m high. The field system concists of an iregular embanked area defined by a bank 0.25m high, containing internal subdivisions and about 20 clearence cairns up to 7m in diameter. Scheduled. (4)

NT 950 268; NT 957 268. Unenclosed site and associated field system of the Bronze Age, west of Fredden Hill. Scheduled No. ND/636. (5a)

The area surrounding the scheduled area has been afforested, as shown on the current (2003) OS 1:10000 map of the area. Prior to planting, the ground was prepared by deep ploughing, causing damage to adjacent unscheduled features. A published photograph, taken in 1981, shows a tractor in the process of ploughing out a small cairn. (5b)

General association with HER 1566. (5)
N1574
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
Scheduled Ancient Monument


Source of Reference
Local History of Wooler

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