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Shieling abutting south side of Hadrian's Wall (Greenhead)

Probable medieval sub-rectangular enclosure. (1)

Scheduled. (2)

A sub-rectangular enclosure, measuring about 18m by 10m and formed against the south side of a bank which here marks the line of the Wall. The enlosure map represent either a shieing or a more recent animal pen. (3)

Remains of a sub-rectangular enclosure attached to the south side of the Wall. (4a)

The enclosure was recorded from aerial photographs at a scale of 1:10000 as part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Mapping Project. (4b)
N6530
Early Medieval (410 to 1066)
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
Scheduled Ancient Monument
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME


Source of Reference
Local History of Greenhead

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