Black Dyke (Tarset with Greystead; Simonburn; Bardon Mill; Bellingham; Wark; Haydon)
The Black Dyke is an earthwork feature defined by a ditch up to 1.8m deep on its west side. The purpose of the dyke is not known but it is thought to date to before the Roman period. It runs for several kilometres from the west of Bellingham south and westwards through Wark Forest. Some sections are visible on aerial photographs and it is suggested that the dyke may have been an intermittent feature rather than a continuous one. In some places, later parish boundary walls follow the line of the dyke. (1-4)
NY806647 - NY788846. Black Dyke.
See Linear Archive for details.
General association with HER 32269 (linear earthwork). (5)
NY806647 - NY788846. Black Dyke.
See Linear Archive for details.
General association with HER 32269 (linear earthwork). (5)
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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 PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
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