'On the opposite side of the river (from NY 69 NE 4) and about 500 yards north east of it, and the same distance from Plashetts Station to the west, and only 20 yards below the railway, are traces of a nearly right-line four-sided camp, with its south side resting on the cliff over the stream; it has had two ramparts and a ditch to the other three sides, the length of the interior being about 65 yards and the breadth 45; it is not rectangular and when the railway was made, a road was cut through it... ' The fence, on the rampart, and adjoining on the south side, divides the farms of Plashetts and Gowan Burn. (1)

Type C (Under Prehistoric Section-Rect Works and Enclosures). (2)

Area NY 66059020. Gowan Burn River. Multiple-banked rectangular earthwork, at Lat 55 12' 15": Long 2 31' 55" approx. (Listed under native sites). (3)

NY 66129004. The earthwork is situated in a rough pasture field at the foot of the south facing slopes of a hill at approximately 480ft above sea level. Its south side rests on the edge of a scarp which rises sharply from the north east bank of the river North Tyne; to the north west and
south east the camp commands a broad view of the valley of that river, but is itself overlooked by higher ground from the north.
No artificial defence is apparent in the side bounded by the scarp. Of the other three sides only the ditch remains and that, in parts, is difficult to trace, particularly on the east side where it mingles with a field bank. A hollow way traverses the earthwork and is probably the course of the road referred to by MacLauchlan. On the north side are indications of a possible entrance. Concentrations of stones and faint traces of banks at two places close to the scarp edge may be building foundations. No other surface indications of internal occupation exist.
The remains give no indications of date and no significant field names appear to have survived. See photograph. (4)

Listed under rectilinear sites of the Roman period, but unclassified. (5)

The work is in poor condition, and in its present state there is little about it to suggest a native enclosure. any such assertion can only be based on acceptance of its rectilinear nature, slight rounding of the one extant angle, and 'single ditch between upcast banks' form of enclosing feature as characteristic of the local Romano-British works. Surveyed at 1:2500. (6)

The earthwork is as described, its overall measurements being 88m north west-south east by 68m. The only internal feature that could be located was a rectangular turf-covered stony platform 7.2m by 3.2m (A on 1:2500 enlargement) which may be later. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
This site falls within the limits of the Kielder Reservoir Scheme now under construction) estimated completion early 1980s and is programmed to be excavated by G Jobey, Department of Archaeology, Newcastle University, in 1977/78. (7)

Limited excavations took place in 1977 in advance of construction of the Kielder Reservoir. The palisaded enclosure was possibly of two periods on one side. Within was found a round timber house, a circular paved area which may represent the remains of a round stone house, and part of a cobbled yard. The timber house seems to be earlier than the palisade and an earlier enclosure may exist on a different line. The datable finds were bun-shaped querns. (8)

Excavation interim, mainly as above. Intaglio found in paving, along with a melon bead and glass bangle fragments. (9)

[As (8)]. (10)

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