Romano-British farmstead 170m north of Cleugh Head (Tarset with Greystead)
[NY 8001 8759] Camp [OE]. (1)
Cleugh Head: Single-banked rectangular earthwork (approx 1/2 acre in area) (Listed under native sites). (2)
Bellingham. Cleugh Head. (Listed under 'Rectangular Works or Enclosures of simple Plan, including Farmsteads and Settlements presumed to be of Romano-British date' and included under the Prehistoric Section). (3)
Cleugh Head. The remains of a sub-rectangular earthwork upon the highest part of an isolated hill, at approx 720 feet above OD, with a commanding view on all sides.
The earthwork consisted of double ramparts with a medial ditch, and has entrances in the north west and south east sides. There are no surface indications of interior occupation.
The nearest present water supply is Greenhaugh Burn 200m to the south. (4)
Listed as rectilinear settlement of the Roman period type A. (5)
The outer bank has been virtually destroyed by rig-and-furrow ploughing, while the inner is also very fragmentary. The entrance in the north west side appears to be later. Internally there is a depressed yard in the south angle flanking the original entrance in the south east side.
The work is a typical example of the local small Romano-British homestead. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
Cleugh Head: Single-banked rectangular earthwork (approx 1/2 acre in area) (Listed under native sites). (2)
Bellingham. Cleugh Head. (Listed under 'Rectangular Works or Enclosures of simple Plan, including Farmsteads and Settlements presumed to be of Romano-British date' and included under the Prehistoric Section). (3)
Cleugh Head. The remains of a sub-rectangular earthwork upon the highest part of an isolated hill, at approx 720 feet above OD, with a commanding view on all sides.
The earthwork consisted of double ramparts with a medial ditch, and has entrances in the north west and south east sides. There are no surface indications of interior occupation.
The nearest present water supply is Greenhaugh Burn 200m to the south. (4)
Listed as rectilinear settlement of the Roman period type A. (5)
The outer bank has been virtually destroyed by rig-and-furrow ploughing, while the inner is also very fragmentary. The entrance in the north west side appears to be later. Internally there is a depressed yard in the south angle flanking the original entrance in the south east side.
The work is a typical example of the local small Romano-British homestead. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
N7936
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; D Smith
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Land north of Greenhaugh Farm, Greenhaugh 2012; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Tarset and Greenhaugh historic village atlas (Historic Tynedale Village Atlas) ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Land north of Greenhaugh Farm, Greenhaugh 2012; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Tarset and Greenhaugh historic village atlas (Historic Tynedale Village Atlas) ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
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