Highfield (Tarset with Greystead)
(NY 75259105) Camp. (1)
Highfield: Single-banked irregular earthwork (approx 1/4 acre in area) (Listed under native sites). (2)
Type C (Under Prehistoric Section - Rectangular Works and Enclosures). (3)
Remains of an irregular shaped earthwork approximately 50m x 40m, about 750ft upon a north facing slope of moorland, over looking the valley of the Highfield Burn. Nearest present water supply is a stream 80m to the east.
The earthwork lies within the area covered by the Forestry Commission Kielder Forest. The site and ground on all sides has been planted with young firs. (4)
The greater part of this work has been destroyed by afforestation, but portions of an earth and stone bank are visible in a fire-break. The work is non-defensive in nature and the rubble construction and general form are similar to that of the local type of Romano-British enclosure but it is too fragmentary for proper interpretation. Vague traces only on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946). Revised at 6 inch scale. (5)
Mainly as described by authority 5. The best preserved part of this enclosure is in the fire break, where the east stone and earthen bank has a maximum height of 0.9m and spread of 4.2m. It is possible to trace the bank through the densely forested area to the south of the fire break even though it is badly mutilated by ploughing. The section of earthwork to the north of the fire break has been completely destroyed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (6)
Settlement remains with wide turf and stone ramparts. The site is D- shaped. (7)
Highfield: Single-banked irregular earthwork (approx 1/4 acre in area) (Listed under native sites). (2)
Type C (Under Prehistoric Section - Rectangular Works and Enclosures). (3)
Remains of an irregular shaped earthwork approximately 50m x 40m, about 750ft upon a north facing slope of moorland, over looking the valley of the Highfield Burn. Nearest present water supply is a stream 80m to the east.
The earthwork lies within the area covered by the Forestry Commission Kielder Forest. The site and ground on all sides has been planted with young firs. (4)
The greater part of this work has been destroyed by afforestation, but portions of an earth and stone bank are visible in a fire-break. The work is non-defensive in nature and the rubble construction and general form are similar to that of the local type of Romano-British enclosure but it is too fragmentary for proper interpretation. Vague traces only on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946). Revised at 6 inch scale. (5)
Mainly as described by authority 5. The best preserved part of this enclosure is in the fire break, where the east stone and earthen bank has a maximum height of 0.9m and spread of 4.2m. It is possible to trace the bank through the densely forested area to the south of the fire break even though it is badly mutilated by ploughing. The section of earthwork to the north of the fire break has been completely destroyed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (6)
Settlement remains with wide turf and stone ramparts. The site is D- shaped. (7)
N7068
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
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