Little Shield Settlement (Bardon Mill)
Three or four stone hut circles can be seen on aerial photographs of this site, along with field boundaries. They are inside a roughly rectangular enclosure on the edge of a rock outcrop. Sites such as this usually date to the Iron Age or Roman period. (1-3)
The remains of a settlement and field system of probable Prehistoric or Roman date are visible as earthworks on air photographs. The settlement, centred at NY 7913 6788, is situated on a ridge of land at Little Shield and comprises rectilinear enclosures containing the remains of possible hut circles. A field system consisting of boundary banks and cord rig exists to the west, south and east of the settlement.
Just to the south-west of Little Shield, another Iron Age/Roman settlement and field system occupies the ridge at Green Brae (see NY 76 NE 219). (4a-b)
General association with HER 6638 (Green Brae), HER 12385 (cord rig), HER 12384 (cord rig). (4)
The remains of a settlement and field system of probable Prehistoric or Roman date are visible as earthworks on air photographs. The settlement, centred at NY 7913 6788, is situated on a ridge of land at Little Shield and comprises rectilinear enclosures containing the remains of possible hut circles. A field system consisting of boundary banks and cord rig exists to the west, south and east of the settlement.
Just to the south-west of Little Shield, another Iron Age/Roman settlement and field system occupies the ridge at Green Brae (see NY 76 NE 219). (4a-b)
General association with HER 6638 (Green Brae), HER 12385 (cord rig), HER 12384 (cord rig). (4)
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead 1999; T GATES
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
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
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