[NY 7724 6779] Hut Circles [O.E.]
Cairn [T.I.] (1)

The settlement at Milking Gap, excavated in 1937, comprises a sub-rectangular rubble enclosure containing three huts, with a further two external huts abutting the south side. 16ft from the enclosure to the north east is a small cairn. Pottery finds indicate occupation between AD122 and 180. (2)

Correctly described and well preserved. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)

2nd century site at Milking Gap is the only native settlement in the area of the Wall itself. Occupation appears to have been forcibly ended by the army. [Plan]. (4)

Scheduled. (5)

The settlement is one of only two native settlements located in the military zone, between the Wall and the vallum. It probably began as a single round house inside an irregular enclosure, which later expanded to a settlement of five huts. Roman pottery from excavations in 1937 suggest it was occupied in the second century. (6)

An enclosed Romano-British settlement with five extant stone-founded houses - three within an enclosure and two outside. Excavations in 1937 yielded a small quantity of Roman material. According to Gillam none of the finds need be later than about 130AD although Birley believed that the site was occupied in the Antonine period. The date at which the site was abandoned is likely to remain unresolved, particularly as the finds appear to have been lost. (7)

NY 7724 6779. This Romano-British settlement comprises a turf covered rectilinear enclosure which has been sub-divided; the enclosure walls are double-faced with boulders, up to 2.0m wide and 0.8m high. A central hut measures 7m internal diameter within a faced wall, 0.4m maximum height and up to 1.3m wide; the entrance is in the east. Other hut circles at the edge of the settlement are poorly preserved. Published survey (1:2500) revised during RCHME Hadrian's Wall Project. (8a)

This settlement is visible on air photographs and was mapped as part of the Hadrian's Wall National Mapping project. It is much as described above. There is an additional hut circle to the north-west of the enclosed settlement, centred at NY 77169 67811, close to some linear boundaries which have been recorded as part of this complex. It is 9 metres in diameter and is most clearly visible on photography dating to 1930 (8b). Also, there is a roughly circular depression, centred at NY 7727 6775, which is approximately 18 metres in diameter; its significance is uncertain. Again this is most clearly visible on the 1930's photography. (8b-c)