Westfield double ditched enclosure cropmark (North Sunderland and Seahouses)
Cropmarks of a double ditched oval enclosure, possibly a defended site, was recorded from the air in 1977 at NU 206320. (1)
Tentative Bronze Age date assigned to concentric cropmarks at North Sunderland. The features comprise a nearly circular ditched enclosure, about 82m across, the ditch being about 10m wide. Placed concentrically within this is a second enclosure, 52m across, indicated by what appears to be a palisade slot. A further concentric palisade slot has also been identified outside the main ditch on the north, but probably continued all the way around. There is an entrance through the inner palisade and the outer ditch on the south-east side and outside this two further, short lengths of palisade slot define a forecourt area. The site is undated but morphological parallels suggest a date in the early part of the first millennium cal BC. (2)
A multi-ditched defended enclosure of uncertain date (possibly Iron Age) is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. The inner-most ditch has a diameter of 53m. A larger ditch has a diameter of 82m and is 10m in width. This enclosure has a potential entrance to the south east. Traces of a further ditched feature at this entrance possibly provided additional defensive strength at the entrance. Another potential entrance is visible to the west. The partial remains of a third outer ditch are also visible. (3)
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Tentative Bronze Age date assigned to concentric cropmarks at North Sunderland. The features comprise a nearly circular ditched enclosure, about 82m across, the ditch being about 10m wide. Placed concentrically within this is a second enclosure, 52m across, indicated by what appears to be a palisade slot. A further concentric palisade slot has also been identified outside the main ditch on the north, but probably continued all the way around. There is an entrance through the inner palisade and the outer ditch on the south-east side and outside this two further, short lengths of palisade slot define a forecourt area. The site is undated but morphological parallels suggest a date in the early part of the first millennium cal BC. (2)
A multi-ditched defended enclosure of uncertain date (possibly Iron Age) is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. The inner-most ditch has a diameter of 53m. A larger ditch has a diameter of 82m and is 10m in width. This enclosure has a potential entrance to the south east. Traces of a further ditched feature at this entrance possibly provided additional defensive strength at the entrance. Another potential entrance is visible to the west. The partial remains of a third outer ditch are also visible. (3)
Additional Reference (4)
N5904
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