Cochrane Pike unenclosed settlement (Ingram)
NU 011140: Four unenclosed round houses, forming a compact group, were discovered by aerial reconnaissance in 1979 on the east slopes of Cochrane Pike. Subsequent ground survey revealed that two of the round houses were of 'ring-groove' construction. Surveyed at 1:1250. (1) (6b)
Listed as unenclosed round houses and illustrated. (See illustration card). (2)
Additional bibliography. (3)
NU 012141. Cord rig contemporary with Cochrane Pike unenclosed timber-built settlement. Small plot cultivation. (4)
Part of Scheduled Monument 32782: Ingram Farm prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, agricultural and funerary remains. (5)
Four unenclosed round houses located on gentle SE-facing slopes in rough pasture at 295m OD, form a settlement group delimited by a natural and occasionally rocky scarp ([E] on RCHME plan), 6.4m to 7.0m above the ridge-and-furrow to the E [NU 0113/11]. The houses have been numbered on the RCHME plan according to Authority 2.
[1] A poorly defined and irregular double ring-groove house with only its W half surviving as ephemeral concentric scarps, forming an outer ring-groove 1.0m wide and 0.1m-0.2m deep, and two minimal inner scarps creating a second ring-groove. The internal diameter of the inner ring is difficult to determine; the internal diameter of the larger ring is 11.5m on a N-S section.
[2] Only the N part of this hut survives; it is overlain on the S by house [4]. It is poorly defined although traces of a ring-groove can be followed around the arc at the base of a 0.3m-high inward-facing scarp. The groove is up to 1.1m wide and set in the base of a slight ditch 2.4m wide. The overall diameter is 10.2m and the inner approximately 5.8m between the ditches on the E and W. A natural SE-facing slope runs off from the SW angle.
[3] This house is slightly levelled into an E-facing slope to create a flat interior. A good inward-facing scarp 0.3m high encloses the suggestion of a 0.8m-wide groove traced as a vegetation difference of short grass amongst long. The overall external diameter is 10.2m, the inner 6.6m. The house is poorly defined in the SE where it is reduced to a minimal scarp.
[4] A well defined ring-ditch house with an irregular and bumpy interior and cut by an E-W sheeptrack; the ring-ditch is up to 1.2m wide and, at maximum, 0.2m deep. The overall diameter is 11.6m and internally the house is 6.6m between the ditches. (6a)
Listed as unenclosed round houses and illustrated. (See illustration card). (2)
Additional bibliography. (3)
NU 012141. Cord rig contemporary with Cochrane Pike unenclosed timber-built settlement. Small plot cultivation. (4)
Part of Scheduled Monument 32782: Ingram Farm prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, agricultural and funerary remains. (5)
Four unenclosed round houses located on gentle SE-facing slopes in rough pasture at 295m OD, form a settlement group delimited by a natural and occasionally rocky scarp ([E] on RCHME plan), 6.4m to 7.0m above the ridge-and-furrow to the E [NU 0113/11]. The houses have been numbered on the RCHME plan according to Authority 2.
[1] A poorly defined and irregular double ring-groove house with only its W half surviving as ephemeral concentric scarps, forming an outer ring-groove 1.0m wide and 0.1m-0.2m deep, and two minimal inner scarps creating a second ring-groove. The internal diameter of the inner ring is difficult to determine; the internal diameter of the larger ring is 11.5m on a N-S section.
[2] Only the N part of this hut survives; it is overlain on the S by house [4]. It is poorly defined although traces of a ring-groove can be followed around the arc at the base of a 0.3m-high inward-facing scarp. The groove is up to 1.1m wide and set in the base of a slight ditch 2.4m wide. The overall diameter is 10.2m and the inner approximately 5.8m between the ditches on the E and W. A natural SE-facing slope runs off from the SW angle.
[3] This house is slightly levelled into an E-facing slope to create a flat interior. A good inward-facing scarp 0.3m high encloses the suggestion of a 0.8m-wide groove traced as a vegetation difference of short grass amongst long. The overall external diameter is 10.2m, the inner 6.6m. The house is poorly defined in the SE where it is reduced to a minimal scarp.
[4] A well defined ring-ditch house with an irregular and bumpy interior and cut by an E-W sheeptrack; the ring-ditch is up to 1.2m wide and, at maximum, 0.2m deep. The overall diameter is 11.6m and internally the house is 6.6m between the ditches. (6a)
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MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: SE Cheviots Project ; RCHME
HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Ingram Village Atlas (HISTORIC BERWICK VILLAGE ATLAS) ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Ingram Village Atlas (HISTORIC BERWICK VILLAGE ATLAS) ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
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