Roman period native enclosure (Longframlington)
[Centred NU 12990378] Camp. (1)
Canada. Irregular earthwork with single rampart enclosing an area of approximately 3/4 acre. (2)
To the SSE of the house called Canada is a camp, '..... an irregular pentagon, east of the brook, surrounded by a ditch of about 20 feet wide, nearly filled up; the rampart which seems to have been a mixture of stone and earth, has been destroyed; traces of an entrance are visible on the north-east, where two of the irregular sides meet. The area of the camp may have been about 3/4 of an acre, but how far it extended towards the brook is difficult to say'. (3)
Situated on a gentle south-east slope about 450 feet above sea level. This rectilinear earthwork (very poorly portrayed on OS 1/2500) has six irregular sides (not five as stated by authority (3). (4)
The work has been greatly reduced, the west side in particular being barely traceable; but it conforms in most respects to the local type of minor native domestic enclosure. It has the orthodox sub-rectangular plan and average general proportions, together with one of the standard forms of bank and ditch methods of enclosure. The east-facing entrance is also a typical feature, as is the internal court. No hut-sites are evident, other than the possible one noted by F1 as a 'guard chamber', but the general condition of the whole is such that this might be expected. Re-surveyed at 1/2500. (5)
Listed as rectilinear site,but unclassified. (6a)
Canada. Irregular earthwork with single rampart enclosing an area of approximately 3/4 acre. (2)
To the SSE of the house called Canada is a camp, '..... an irregular pentagon, east of the brook, surrounded by a ditch of about 20 feet wide, nearly filled up; the rampart which seems to have been a mixture of stone and earth, has been destroyed; traces of an entrance are visible on the north-east, where two of the irregular sides meet. The area of the camp may have been about 3/4 of an acre, but how far it extended towards the brook is difficult to say'. (3)
Situated on a gentle south-east slope about 450 feet above sea level. This rectilinear earthwork (very poorly portrayed on OS 1/2500) has six irregular sides (not five as stated by authority (3). (4)
The work has been greatly reduced, the west side in particular being barely traceable; but it conforms in most respects to the local type of minor native domestic enclosure. It has the orthodox sub-rectangular plan and average general proportions, together with one of the standard forms of bank and ditch methods of enclosure. The east-facing entrance is also a typical feature, as is the internal court. No hut-sites are evident, other than the possible one noted by F1 as a 'guard chamber', but the general condition of the whole is such that this might be expected. Re-surveyed at 1/2500. (5)
Listed as rectilinear site,but unclassified. (6a)
N4292
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; E Geary
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
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