Little Crag Roman period native settlement (Otterburn)
NY 872953 Romano British Settlement. (1)
NY 872953 Little Crag. Listed under Prehistoric occupation sites. 2(3?) huts. (2)
No trace of an antiquity at given reference but, at NY 86929538, situated on, and slightly levelled into gentle west facing slopes are the remains of an almost rectangular enclosure measuring 31m east-west by 27m with a possible original entrance in the west. (See illustration card).
The turf covered remains of a stone wall spread to 4m and 0.8m maximum height, form the south and west sides of the enclosure, and although mutilated by later rig and furrow, it is probable that the north side was also originally walled. The interior is divided into two distinct levels, the upper in the north-east corner probably originally supported 2 or 3 huts (as suggested authy 3) although no definite traces now exist. The whole is suggestive of a small domestic Romano-British homestead similar to many others in Northumberland and Peebles.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (3)
Additional references (4,5)
Earthworks are clearly visible on lidar imagery. Enclosure has straight sides to W and S (potentially rebuilt as part of later field system), but curvilinear to N and E. Suggestion of internal roundhouses. (6)
NY 872953 Little Crag. Listed under Prehistoric occupation sites. 2(3?) huts. (2)
No trace of an antiquity at given reference but, at NY 86929538, situated on, and slightly levelled into gentle west facing slopes are the remains of an almost rectangular enclosure measuring 31m east-west by 27m with a possible original entrance in the west. (See illustration card).
The turf covered remains of a stone wall spread to 4m and 0.8m maximum height, form the south and west sides of the enclosure, and although mutilated by later rig and furrow, it is probable that the north side was also originally walled. The interior is divided into two distinct levels, the upper in the north-east corner probably originally supported 2 or 3 huts (as suggested authy 3) although no definite traces now exist. The whole is suggestive of a small domestic Romano-British homestead similar to many others in Northumberland and Peebles.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (3)
Additional references (4,5)
Earthworks are clearly visible on lidar imagery. Enclosure has straight sides to W and S (potentially rebuilt as part of later field system), but curvilinear to N and E. Suggestion of internal roundhouses. (6)
N8172
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT), Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; S Ainsworth
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Shittleheugh Bastle 2009; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Shittleheugh Bastle 2009; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
AERIAL INVESTIGATION AND MAPPING, Redesdale Lidar Landscapes project ; Oracle Heritage Services
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Shittleheugh Bastle 2009; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Shittleheugh Bastle 2009; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
AERIAL INVESTIGATION AND MAPPING, Redesdale Lidar Landscapes project ; Oracle Heritage Services
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