Roman period native farmstead on Beanley Moor (Hedgeley)
(NU 10621854) Rectangular enclosure with single ramparts at West Corbie Crag. (Plan (2) shows rectangular earthwork 29m x 30m internally with ditch 5m wide, entrance on east side, three hut circles in west half with entrances on east). May be modern (3). (1)(2)(3)
NU 10531853 A near rectangular enclosure/earthwork containing three hut circles. The earthwork consists of a bank and outer ditch with a slighter bank on the outer side. The enclosed area measures 30m north-south and 26m east-west and the banks consist of stones and earth. The inner bank has an average width of 6m and varies in height from 0.5m to 1.3m, the ditch is c.0.8m deep and the height of the bank c.0.8m. The entrance to the earthwork is in the middle of the east side and is marked by blocking stones in the inner bank and by large stones along the north side of the causeway. The average diameter of the hut circles is 5m, with height of walls 0.6m - each has an entrance on the east side; the walls consist of stones and earth 1m wide.
The shape of the enclosure is not the type one associates with hut circles and does, in fact, bear a modern outlook, but the entrance in the east side is similar to others found in enclosures contemporary with hut circles. This earthwork does not look contemporary with the three huts circles and, until definite evidence is forthcoming in the shape of excavations etc, should be treated as such. (4)
Feature non-defensive in situation with an adjacent water supply. Possibly a modern construction built over, and obliterating an earlier enclosure - faint traces of which remain within the north-east corner of the present structure in the form of a slight, obviously ancient, bank. (5)
Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone-built settlements. (6)
Enclosure and hut circles are clearly coeval, the whole representing a very well-preserved native homestead.
The sub-rectangular form with east-facing entrance is most common in the North Tyne area, but it is not unknown in the Cheviot uplands. Surveyed at 1:2500. (7)
Scheduled. (8)
The settlement is in excellent condition but covered by bracken. (9)
Additional Reference (10)
NU 10531853 A near rectangular enclosure/earthwork containing three hut circles. The earthwork consists of a bank and outer ditch with a slighter bank on the outer side. The enclosed area measures 30m north-south and 26m east-west and the banks consist of stones and earth. The inner bank has an average width of 6m and varies in height from 0.5m to 1.3m, the ditch is c.0.8m deep and the height of the bank c.0.8m. The entrance to the earthwork is in the middle of the east side and is marked by blocking stones in the inner bank and by large stones along the north side of the causeway. The average diameter of the hut circles is 5m, with height of walls 0.6m - each has an entrance on the east side; the walls consist of stones and earth 1m wide.
The shape of the enclosure is not the type one associates with hut circles and does, in fact, bear a modern outlook, but the entrance in the east side is similar to others found in enclosures contemporary with hut circles. This earthwork does not look contemporary with the three huts circles and, until definite evidence is forthcoming in the shape of excavations etc, should be treated as such. (4)
Feature non-defensive in situation with an adjacent water supply. Possibly a modern construction built over, and obliterating an earlier enclosure - faint traces of which remain within the north-east corner of the present structure in the form of a slight, obviously ancient, bank. (5)
Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone-built settlements. (6)
Enclosure and hut circles are clearly coeval, the whole representing a very well-preserved native homestead.
The sub-rectangular form with east-facing entrance is most common in the North Tyne area, but it is not unknown in the Cheviot uplands. Surveyed at 1:2500. (7)
Scheduled. (8)
The settlement is in excellent condition but covered by bracken. (9)
Additional Reference (10)
N4366
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; J H Ostridge
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; R W Emsley
MANAGEMENT SURVEY, Beanley Estate Survey (CARR-ELLISON ESTATE, BEANLEY) 1994; NEWCASTLE CITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; R W Emsley
MANAGEMENT SURVEY, Beanley Estate Survey (CARR-ELLISON ESTATE, BEANLEY) 1994; NEWCASTLE CITY ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT
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