Romano-British farmstead north-east of Thornbrough High Barns (Corbridge)
[NZ 02306613] 'Bow Bridge' A rectangular earthwork with a single rampart. Position of Bow Bridge (a). (1)
Centred at NZ 02256615. Remains of an earthwork upon a low pasture-covered ridge. Fairly commanding position; approx 490ft above OD. A ditch and outer bank extant north of the modern road. No traces of an inner bank, original entrance or of internal occupation. Nearest water supply, a small stream 250m to the north east. The site was formerly naturally defended on the north side by Shildon Lough, drained in the 18th century. No traces of original extent of the earthwork south of the road.
The remains are insufficient for positive identification, but they show a marked resemblance to other earthworks in the region which have been classified as (?Romano-British) homesteads. (2)
Listed tentatively as a rectilinear settlement, unclassified. (3)
Resurveyed at 1/2500 and correctly described by 2 above. (4)
The remains of a farmstead of Romano-British date situated in a commanding position on a low ridge immediately above the former Shildon Loch. The northern half of the enclosure is visible as an earthwork while the southern part of the monument lies beneath a road and its verges and survives below ground level as a buried feature. The upstanding remains of the farmstead, which is sub-rectangular in shape, measures a maximum of 56 metres east-west by 20 metres north-south within a broad ditch 6 metres wide. The ditch is a maximum of 1 metre deep below an outer earthern bank on average 4 metres wide which stands 0.3 metres high. The remainder of the farmstead survives below ground as a buried feature with a ditch of similar dimensions. The farmstead is named on an estate map of Thornborough High Barns as Bow Bridge. Scheduled. (5a)
A Romano-British enclosure is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NZ 0224 6615. The enclosure is sub-rectangular in form and comprises a broad ditch with a fragmentary outer bank. The northern half survives as an earthwork to the north of the modern road. It is extant on the latest 1993 oblique photography. (5b)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (5c)
Centred at NZ 02256615. Remains of an earthwork upon a low pasture-covered ridge. Fairly commanding position; approx 490ft above OD. A ditch and outer bank extant north of the modern road. No traces of an inner bank, original entrance or of internal occupation. Nearest water supply, a small stream 250m to the north east. The site was formerly naturally defended on the north side by Shildon Lough, drained in the 18th century. No traces of original extent of the earthwork south of the road.
The remains are insufficient for positive identification, but they show a marked resemblance to other earthworks in the region which have been classified as (?Romano-British) homesteads. (2)
Listed tentatively as a rectilinear settlement, unclassified. (3)
Resurveyed at 1/2500 and correctly described by 2 above. (4)
The remains of a farmstead of Romano-British date situated in a commanding position on a low ridge immediately above the former Shildon Loch. The northern half of the enclosure is visible as an earthwork while the southern part of the monument lies beneath a road and its verges and survives below ground level as a buried feature. The upstanding remains of the farmstead, which is sub-rectangular in shape, measures a maximum of 56 metres east-west by 20 metres north-south within a broad ditch 6 metres wide. The ditch is a maximum of 1 metre deep below an outer earthern bank on average 4 metres wide which stands 0.3 metres high. The remainder of the farmstead survives below ground as a buried feature with a ditch of similar dimensions. The farmstead is named on an estate map of Thornborough High Barns as Bow Bridge. Scheduled. (5a)
A Romano-British enclosure is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NZ 0224 6615. The enclosure is sub-rectangular in form and comprises a broad ditch with a fragmentary outer bank. The northern half survives as an earthwork to the north of the modern road. It is extant on the latest 1993 oblique photography. (5b)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (5c)
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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 1966; R Lewis
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R Lewis
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
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