Moated site and medieval settlement (Cheviotside)
(NT 99502109) Camp. (1)
A homestead moat, roughly square in shape with sides 180ft long. The ditch is 10ft deep and measures 35ft between the crests of the inner and outer mounds. These contain stone, and it is possible that at least the inner one was roughly faced. A notable feature is the unification of the two mounds at the entrance, which is on the east side. Low turf-covered mounds mark the sites of internal and external buildings. One of the former has three rooms, and another, 60ft long, could be a form of 'but and ben' dwelling.
The relationship between the external boundary dykes and the site is uncertain. Those running from the north-east and south-east corners could be contemporary, whilst the third on the south side of the entrance may have been added when the extra-mural buildings were erected. (2)
A probable dry moated farmstead as described, and in good condition. Published survey (25 inch) revised. The field banks, as noted by Jobey, are of a type common in moorland areas, they do not develop into any system, and their relationship with the earthwork cannot be resolved. (3)
NT 9942 2108. Although the ditch survives as the dominant feature, its sloping cut suggests it did not hold a level of water, and that it acted as an added protection to a substantial internal wall and bank.
Landslip along the outer face of the south internal bank has revealed a line of large roughly-dressed facing stones. The outer bank can be classed as no more than a spoil bank, judging by its irregular spread. Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD (Moat and structures). (4)
South Heddon Moor West, NT 994211. Listed under 'Moated Sites in Northumberland'. (5)
Moated site clearly visible on thermal imagery. Two building ranges are visible and surrounding field system. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
Site visited in the course of a Higher Level Stewardship Farm Environment Plan, where noted some bracken encroachment, but otherwise good condition of the monuments. (8)
Analytical survey by English Heritage shows that the perimeter is overlain by field boundaries associated with a settlement of typical late Iron Age or Roman Iron Age form, pointing to an earlier, perhaps Iron Age, date for the square enclosure. (9)
[NT 9942 2108] Moat [NR] (10a)
NT 994 211. Dod Hill settlement. Scheduled No ND/200. (10b)
In April and May 2003, English Heritage's Archaeological Survey and Investigation team carried out an investigation and Level 3 analytical field survey at 1:1 000 scale of an area of historic landscape at South Heddon, Northumberland. The earthwork survey was carried out using a combination of survey-grade GPS and traditional taped survey techniques. The survey was one of a number undertaken by English Heritage as part of the Northumberland National Park Authority's project entitled `Discovering out hillfort heritage', funded jointly by the European Union through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund through the Tweed Forum Initiative, English Heritage and the Northumberland National Park Authority. In addition to the analytical field survey, a core sample was taken from the south-east edge of the survey area for pollen analysis; the findings of the pollen analysis are published as an appendix to the survey report. A full report, part of the Archaeological Investigation Report Series, is available from the NMR, reference AI/5/2004. (10c)
General association with HER 1756, HER 1765, HER 30220, HER 30226, HER 30227, HER 1802 and HER 12275. (10)
A homestead moat, roughly square in shape with sides 180ft long. The ditch is 10ft deep and measures 35ft between the crests of the inner and outer mounds. These contain stone, and it is possible that at least the inner one was roughly faced. A notable feature is the unification of the two mounds at the entrance, which is on the east side. Low turf-covered mounds mark the sites of internal and external buildings. One of the former has three rooms, and another, 60ft long, could be a form of 'but and ben' dwelling.
The relationship between the external boundary dykes and the site is uncertain. Those running from the north-east and south-east corners could be contemporary, whilst the third on the south side of the entrance may have been added when the extra-mural buildings were erected. (2)
A probable dry moated farmstead as described, and in good condition. Published survey (25 inch) revised. The field banks, as noted by Jobey, are of a type common in moorland areas, they do not develop into any system, and their relationship with the earthwork cannot be resolved. (3)
NT 9942 2108. Although the ditch survives as the dominant feature, its sloping cut suggests it did not hold a level of water, and that it acted as an added protection to a substantial internal wall and bank.
Landslip along the outer face of the south internal bank has revealed a line of large roughly-dressed facing stones. The outer bank can be classed as no more than a spoil bank, judging by its irregular spread. Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD (Moat and structures). (4)
South Heddon Moor West, NT 994211. Listed under 'Moated Sites in Northumberland'. (5)
Moated site clearly visible on thermal imagery. Two building ranges are visible and surrounding field system. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
Site visited in the course of a Higher Level Stewardship Farm Environment Plan, where noted some bracken encroachment, but otherwise good condition of the monuments. (8)
Analytical survey by English Heritage shows that the perimeter is overlain by field boundaries associated with a settlement of typical late Iron Age or Roman Iron Age form, pointing to an earlier, perhaps Iron Age, date for the square enclosure. (9)
[NT 9942 2108] Moat [NR] (10a)
NT 994 211. Dod Hill settlement. Scheduled No ND/200. (10b)
In April and May 2003, English Heritage's Archaeological Survey and Investigation team carried out an investigation and Level 3 analytical field survey at 1:1 000 scale of an area of historic landscape at South Heddon, Northumberland. The earthwork survey was carried out using a combination of survey-grade GPS and traditional taped survey techniques. The survey was one of a number undertaken by English Heritage as part of the Northumberland National Park Authority's project entitled `Discovering out hillfort heritage', funded jointly by the European Union through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund through the Tweed Forum Initiative, English Heritage and the Northumberland National Park Authority. In addition to the analytical field survey, a core sample was taken from the south-east edge of the survey area for pollen analysis; the findings of the pollen analysis are published as an appendix to the survey report. A full report, part of the Archaeological Investigation Report Series, is available from the NMR, reference AI/5/2004. (10c)
General association with HER 1756, HER 1765, HER 30220, HER 30226, HER 30227, HER 1802 and HER 12275. (10)
N1757
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
MEASURED SURVEY, ENGLISH HERITAGE: SOUTH HEDDON ENCLOSURE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEY
EXCAVATION, Excavation at Threestone Burn
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
MEASURED SURVEY, ENGLISH HERITAGE: SOUTH HEDDON ENCLOSURE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEY
EXCAVATION, Excavation at Threestone Burn
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