Queen's Crag (Simonburn)
There is an apparent small enclosed settlement, of broadly Iron Age/Romano-British date, near Queen's Crags which was discovered through aerial reconnaissance in 1992. There is a single house within the enclosure and fragmentary field boundaries in the vicinity. (1)
[possibly the same site as record 12409 at NY 79749 70462]
An enclosed settlement of probable Iron Age or Roman date, lying on a level ridge of high ground to the south of Queen's Crags at NY 7952 7046, was seen as earthworks and mapped from air photographs. The settlement consists of one sub-rectangular enclosure which contains one round house. There appears to be an entrance to the enclosure on the east side. The enclosure measures 35 m by 34 m and the round house is 9 m in diameter. Parallel discontinuous banks, possibly a contemporary field system, run parallel with the enclosure for a maximum of 170 m: two on the east side and one on the west. A narrow strip of possible cord rig is visible at the very scarp edge of the ridge of high ground, both to the east and the west sides of the enclosure. (2a)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (2b)
General association with HER 6950 and HER 31349. (2)
[possibly the same site as record 12409 at NY 79749 70462]
An enclosed settlement of probable Iron Age or Roman date, lying on a level ridge of high ground to the south of Queen's Crags at NY 7952 7046, was seen as earthworks and mapped from air photographs. The settlement consists of one sub-rectangular enclosure which contains one round house. There appears to be an entrance to the enclosure on the east side. The enclosure measures 35 m by 34 m and the round house is 9 m in diameter. Parallel discontinuous banks, possibly a contemporary field system, run parallel with the enclosure for a maximum of 170 m: two on the east side and one on the west. A narrow strip of possible cord rig is visible at the very scarp edge of the ridge of high ground, both to the east and the west sides of the enclosure. (2a)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (2b)
General association with HER 6950 and HER 31349. (2)
N6962
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
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