Medieval shieling near the Lewis Burn, Kielder (Kielder)
One of two shielings on the north bank of Lewis Burn. A simple one-roomed structure, 6.5m x 3.5m, with a platform at one end. The site lies in Forestry Commission crop site. [See also NY 68 NW 4]. (1)
Scheduled. (2)
Surveyed at 1:250 scale by RCHME in September 1998. The shieling is situated at NY 6325 8943 on a natural terrace some 30m to the north of the confluence of a stream with the Lewis Burn. Conifers, planted in 1936, were felled around the shieling in about 1990 and replanted, but the trees on the shieling were not felled.
The shieling is in poor condition, its foundations overgrown with vegetation. The walls stand up to 0.3m high and are spread up to 0.8m wide. Along the north west and south east sides several outer facing stones can be traced. There is no entrance visible. The shieling measures 5.2m by 2.3m internally and the internal ground level is about 0.2m above that externally. A stone structure abuts the north east side of the shieling and is interpreted as a second room or annexe, or possibly an earlier shieling. (3)
The remains of the shieling are at NY 6325 8943 but it is very difficult to find unless the vegetation is flattened during winter. It shows up as a rectangle about 10cm high and it is scheduled. (4)
A single shieling was discovered in 1988 by B. Long of the then Forestry Commission near the confluence of a stream with Lewis Burn. (5a)
Scheduled. (5b)
The shieling is situated at NY 6325 8943 on a natural terrace some 30m to the north of the confluence of a stream with the Lewis Burn. The coniferous forest around it has been felled but the trees growing on the shieling have been left standing. It is reduced to its foundations, overgrown with moss, rough grass and some bracken, and measures 5.2m by 2.3m within a stone wall spread to about 0.8m wide. No entrance can be identified. Abuting the north-east side, some 0.2m below it, is a further stone-walled structure, about 1.6m long and roughly the same width as the shieling, possibly a second chamber or annexe, or possibly the remains of an earlier shieling superceded and substantially overlaid by the later building. (5c)
Scheduled. (2)
Surveyed at 1:250 scale by RCHME in September 1998. The shieling is situated at NY 6325 8943 on a natural terrace some 30m to the north of the confluence of a stream with the Lewis Burn. Conifers, planted in 1936, were felled around the shieling in about 1990 and replanted, but the trees on the shieling were not felled.
The shieling is in poor condition, its foundations overgrown with vegetation. The walls stand up to 0.3m high and are spread up to 0.8m wide. Along the north west and south east sides several outer facing stones can be traced. There is no entrance visible. The shieling measures 5.2m by 2.3m internally and the internal ground level is about 0.2m above that externally. A stone structure abuts the north east side of the shieling and is interpreted as a second room or annexe, or possibly an earlier shieling. (3)
The remains of the shieling are at NY 6325 8943 but it is very difficult to find unless the vegetation is flattened during winter. It shows up as a rectangle about 10cm high and it is scheduled. (4)
A single shieling was discovered in 1988 by B. Long of the then Forestry Commission near the confluence of a stream with Lewis Burn. (5a)
Scheduled. (5b)
The shieling is situated at NY 6325 8943 on a natural terrace some 30m to the north of the confluence of a stream with the Lewis Burn. The coniferous forest around it has been felled but the trees growing on the shieling have been left standing. It is reduced to its foundations, overgrown with moss, rough grass and some bracken, and measures 5.2m by 2.3m within a stone wall spread to about 0.8m wide. No entrance can be identified. Abuting the north-east side, some 0.2m below it, is a further stone-walled structure, about 1.6m long and roughly the same width as the shieling, possibly a second chamber or annexe, or possibly the remains of an earlier shieling superceded and substantially overlaid by the later building. (5c)
N6187
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Shieling by Lewis Burn, Tynedale, Northumberland 1998; RCHME
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Kielder SAMs Survey
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Kielder SAMs Survey
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