Henge 600yds (550m) east of Akeld Lodge (Akeld)
Henge at Akeld West Steads. Copyright Reserved: Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne.
[NT 95863070] Cropmark. Ring ditch. (1)
No visible remains. The site falls in flat featureless arable fields. (2)
Examination of the site during the dry summer of 1976 revealed that the ditches external diameter was circa 36m and the ditch itself was 6.7m wide. There were also traces of two possible entrances. Inside the ditch was an internal ring of evenly spaced pits. A ring of nine smaller pits encircled a central pit probably a grave. From this evidence it is thought that the cropmarks represent a henge monument. (3)
Sub-oval crop mark enclosure on sand and gravel terrace north of River Glen. Broad ditch broken by one visible entrance, a possible second obscured by a hedge. Excellent aerial photographs but lack of reference points prevents precise transcription. Classic henge. (4)
A henge monument occupies level ground at 50m OD. The monument takes the form of an almost circular ditch with an external diameter of c. 50m NE-SW by 45m NW-SE. The ditch is up to 10m broad on the NE and SW sides but narrows perceptibly in the NW and SE quadrants where there are opposed entrances. Within the ditch is a concentric ring of pits of which about ten are visible on air photographs. Further pits are visible in the interior of the monument and a possible grave pit is centrally placed within it. According to current OS maps a shelter belt has been planted over the W part of the (scheduled) monument and likewise over two ring ditches outside it to the W (see NT 93 SE/A). Numerous ice wedge casts are visible in the vicinity. (5)
Scheduled. (6)
NT 959 307. Henge 600yds (550m) E of Akeld Lodge. Scheduled No. ND/532. (7a)
Additional bibliography and published aerial photograph. (7b)
A henge monument occupies level ground at 50m AOD. The monument takes the form of an almost circular ditch with an external diameter of c. 50m north-east to south-west by 45m north-west to south-east. The ditch is up to 10m broad on the north-eastern and south-western sides but narrows perceptibly in the north-western and south-eastern quadrants where there are opposed entrances. Within the ditch is a concentric ring of pits of which about ten are visible on aerial photographs. Further pits are visible in the interior of the monument and a possible grave pit is centrally placed within it. According to current OS maps a shelter belt has been planted over the western part of the (scheduled) monument and likewise over two ring ditches outside it to the west (see HOBUID 1373253). Numerous ice wedge casts are visible in the vicinity. (7c)
Aerial photograph references. (1, 7d-m)
No visible remains. The site falls in flat featureless arable fields. (2)
Examination of the site during the dry summer of 1976 revealed that the ditches external diameter was circa 36m and the ditch itself was 6.7m wide. There were also traces of two possible entrances. Inside the ditch was an internal ring of evenly spaced pits. A ring of nine smaller pits encircled a central pit probably a grave. From this evidence it is thought that the cropmarks represent a henge monument. (3)
Sub-oval crop mark enclosure on sand and gravel terrace north of River Glen. Broad ditch broken by one visible entrance, a possible second obscured by a hedge. Excellent aerial photographs but lack of reference points prevents precise transcription. Classic henge. (4)
A henge monument occupies level ground at 50m OD. The monument takes the form of an almost circular ditch with an external diameter of c. 50m NE-SW by 45m NW-SE. The ditch is up to 10m broad on the NE and SW sides but narrows perceptibly in the NW and SE quadrants where there are opposed entrances. Within the ditch is a concentric ring of pits of which about ten are visible on air photographs. Further pits are visible in the interior of the monument and a possible grave pit is centrally placed within it. According to current OS maps a shelter belt has been planted over the W part of the (scheduled) monument and likewise over two ring ditches outside it to the W (see NT 93 SE/A). Numerous ice wedge casts are visible in the vicinity. (5)
Scheduled. (6)
NT 959 307. Henge 600yds (550m) E of Akeld Lodge. Scheduled No. ND/532. (7a)
Additional bibliography and published aerial photograph. (7b)
A henge monument occupies level ground at 50m AOD. The monument takes the form of an almost circular ditch with an external diameter of c. 50m north-east to south-west by 45m north-west to south-east. The ditch is up to 10m broad on the north-eastern and south-western sides but narrows perceptibly in the north-western and south-eastern quadrants where there are opposed entrances. Within the ditch is a concentric ring of pits of which about ten are visible on aerial photographs. Further pits are visible in the interior of the monument and a possible grave pit is centrally placed within it. According to current OS maps a shelter belt has been planted over the western part of the (scheduled) monument and likewise over two ring ditches outside it to the west (see HOBUID 1373253). Numerous ice wedge casts are visible in the vicinity. (7c)
Aerial photograph references. (1, 7d-m)
N2140
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; D King
HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Akeld Village Atlas ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Akeld Village Atlas ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
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