Marleyknowe henge (Ewart)
[Tumulus or camp NT 9422 3226 Cist NT 9415 3220] The remains of a small camp or tumulus, surrounded by a ditch about 40 yards in diameter. Several large stones have been removed from the centre of this feature, and about 100 yds south-west of it, a cist was ploughed up (NT 93 SW 118). (1)
Crop marks of a ditched barrow visible on aerial photographs. (2)
Surveyed at 1:2500. The ploughed down remains of a barrow, visible only as a superficial swelling, with vague traces of a ditch. The site of the cist is not apparent. (3)
NT 943323: The segmented circular enclosure, 25m in diameter at Marleyknowe has been classified as a henge by Harding. (4)
Sub-circular cropmark enclosure, c.29-30m internal diameter, ditch c.2-6m, causeway c.5m. (5)
East Marleyknowe. Interrupted ditch around a henge monument of late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period, on aerial photograph (G/072095/11) by N McCord. (6)
A henge monument occupies level ground on a gravel terrace at 50m OD. The monument takes the form of a segmented ditch up to 40m in diameter and c. 8m broad. On certain air photographs (eg CUCAP GT 69-70; AKK 12-13) an external bank is also visible as a soilmark. On the W side, a break in the circuit of the ditch marks the position of a causeway or entrance. Photographs taken in 1977 also show four (?) large pits within the ditch which form a roughly rectangular arrangement. To the W of the henge, the `avenue' or droveway passes within 10m of the henge ditch. As the droveway appears to swerve to avoid the outer bank of the henge it must be assumed that it post-dates the construction of the henge. (7)
A hand-drawn sketch of the henge by Henry MacLauchlan portrays it as a double circle 40m in diameter accompanied by the legend "Tumulus or camp, remains of". The sketch on an extract from the first edition of the OS 6" map (1866) which has been bound into a copy of Notes not included in the memoirs already published on Roman roads in Northumberland, (1867) now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. (8)
Low mound 6 inches high with 60 feet diameter, visible from swell and darker colour of soil, discovered by aerial photography on which there is an outer ploughed-out bank and ditch. Total diameter probably 55 yards. (9)
NT 942 322. Marley Knowe round cairn. Scheduled No ND/541. (10a)
A henge monument occupies level ground on a gravel terrace at c.50m AOD. The monument takes the form of a segmented ditch up to 40m in diameter and c.8m broad. On certain aerial photographs the external bank is also visible as a soil mark. On the western side the ditch is broken by a causeway or entrance. Photos taken in 1977 show 4(?) large pits at the centre where they are arranged in teh form of a rough rectangle. On the west side of the henge the so-called 'avenue' or droveway (HOBUID 3940) passes within 10m of the henge ditch. As it appears to swerve so as to avoid the outer bank it may be presumed that it was constructed after the henge was built and whilst the bank was still of sufficient stature to present an obstacle. (10b)
Aerial photograph references. (10c-z)
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeology Project. (See archive object MD000295) (10)
Is referred to in HER 2039 and has a general association with HER 2113. (10)
Crop marks of a ditched barrow visible on aerial photographs. (2)
Surveyed at 1:2500. The ploughed down remains of a barrow, visible only as a superficial swelling, with vague traces of a ditch. The site of the cist is not apparent. (3)
NT 943323: The segmented circular enclosure, 25m in diameter at Marleyknowe has been classified as a henge by Harding. (4)
Sub-circular cropmark enclosure, c.29-30m internal diameter, ditch c.2-6m, causeway c.5m. (5)
East Marleyknowe. Interrupted ditch around a henge monument of late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period, on aerial photograph (G/072095/11) by N McCord. (6)
A henge monument occupies level ground on a gravel terrace at 50m OD. The monument takes the form of a segmented ditch up to 40m in diameter and c. 8m broad. On certain air photographs (eg CUCAP GT 69-70; AKK 12-13) an external bank is also visible as a soilmark. On the W side, a break in the circuit of the ditch marks the position of a causeway or entrance. Photographs taken in 1977 also show four (?) large pits within the ditch which form a roughly rectangular arrangement. To the W of the henge, the `avenue' or droveway passes within 10m of the henge ditch. As the droveway appears to swerve to avoid the outer bank of the henge it must be assumed that it post-dates the construction of the henge. (7)
A hand-drawn sketch of the henge by Henry MacLauchlan portrays it as a double circle 40m in diameter accompanied by the legend "Tumulus or camp, remains of". The sketch on an extract from the first edition of the OS 6" map (1866) which has been bound into a copy of Notes not included in the memoirs already published on Roman roads in Northumberland, (1867) now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. (8)
Low mound 6 inches high with 60 feet diameter, visible from swell and darker colour of soil, discovered by aerial photography on which there is an outer ploughed-out bank and ditch. Total diameter probably 55 yards. (9)
NT 942 322. Marley Knowe round cairn. Scheduled No ND/541. (10a)
A henge monument occupies level ground on a gravel terrace at c.50m AOD. The monument takes the form of a segmented ditch up to 40m in diameter and c.8m broad. On certain aerial photographs the external bank is also visible as a soil mark. On the western side the ditch is broken by a causeway or entrance. Photos taken in 1977 show 4(?) large pits at the centre where they are arranged in teh form of a rough rectangle. On the west side of the henge the so-called 'avenue' or droveway (HOBUID 3940) passes within 10m of the henge ditch. As it appears to swerve so as to avoid the outer bank it may be presumed that it was constructed after the henge was built and whilst the bank was still of sufficient stature to present an obstacle. (10b)
Aerial photograph references. (10c-z)
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeology Project. (See archive object MD000295) (10)
Is referred to in HER 2039 and has a general association with HER 2113. (10)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; D King
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