The Chesters, prehistoric enclosure between Whelpington and Heeston (Kirkwhelpington)
(Area NY 992851) 'The Chesters' is the most northerly field on the east side of the road from Whelpington to Heestone Bank, and derives its name from a camp near the bottom of it, the lines of which are strongly marked by unhewn whinstones and mounds of earth. (1)
Faint outline of a sub-circular earthwork with two eccentric ramparts or ditches visible on aerial photographs at NY 99288514. (2)
No surface traces of an earthwork now survive, but numerous large whinstones, undoubtedly cleared from it lie alongside adjacent field boundary banks. There are two ploughed-down cultivation terraces, approximately 7m wide, at NY 99338512. (3)
Faint outline of a sub-circular earthwork with two eccentric ramparts or ditches visible on aerial photographs at NY 99288514. (2)
No surface traces of an earthwork now survive, but numerous large whinstones, undoubtedly cleared from it lie alongside adjacent field boundary banks. There are two ploughed-down cultivation terraces, approximately 7m wide, at NY 99338512. (3)
N9418
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; B H Pritchard
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