Crowdie Law enclosure (Tarset with Greystead)
'About 300 yards south of Low Carriteth farmhouse, on a point of land in a sharp turn of the Low Carriteth Burn, is a very small camp, the foundation stones of which only remain; it is about 20 yards long by 20 broad.. '. (1)
Type C (Under Prehistoric Section - Rectangular Works and Enclosures). (2)
(Area NY 79918340 (geographical co-ords)) Crowdie Law: Single-banked rectangular earthwork. (Listed as native site). (3)
NY 79958342 An irregular-shaped enclosure bounded by a bank of large stones, situated at approx 510 feet above OD upon a south east facing slope. The ground falls away at approx 1:6 on the east and south sides to the course of the Low Carriteth Burn, and rises gradually to the west. There are no traces of internal occupation and no entrance visible. Period of construction or purpose could not be identified. (4)
The work does not closely parallel the usual Romano-British type of enclosure found locally, but there are similarities in size, form and construction (rubble walling). In poor condition. Surveyed at 1:2500. (5)
Mainly as described except that internally there are slight traces of occasional low, turf covered stone banks, too indefinite to identify with any certainty. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (6)
Type C (Under Prehistoric Section - Rectangular Works and Enclosures). (2)
(Area NY 79918340 (geographical co-ords)) Crowdie Law: Single-banked rectangular earthwork. (Listed as native site). (3)
NY 79958342 An irregular-shaped enclosure bounded by a bank of large stones, situated at approx 510 feet above OD upon a south east facing slope. The ground falls away at approx 1:6 on the east and south sides to the course of the Low Carriteth Burn, and rises gradually to the west. There are no traces of internal occupation and no entrance visible. Period of construction or purpose could not be identified. (4)
The work does not closely parallel the usual Romano-British type of enclosure found locally, but there are similarities in size, form and construction (rubble walling). In poor condition. Surveyed at 1:2500. (5)
Mainly as described except that internally there are slight traces of occasional low, turf covered stone banks, too indefinite to identify with any certainty. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (6)
N7040
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
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