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Roman period native settlement near Coldwell (Kirkwhelpington)

Aerial vierw of the Roman period farmstead at Coldwell. Photo © Tim Gates.
Aerial vierw of the Roman period farmstead at Coldwell. Photo © Tim Gates.
(NZ 00068733) Ancient Earthwork. (1)

'Coldwell', a rectangular earthwork with multiple ramparts, approx 1/4 acre in area. (2)

Listed as Romano-British native homestead. (3)

A typical Jobey type 'Native' homestead, consisting of a well-defined sub-rectangular, ditched enclosure with scarp and counterscarp banks containing one hut circle. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (4)

Scheduled. (5)
N10397
Roman (43 to 410)
Scheduled Ancient Monument
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; D Smith


Source of Reference
Local History of Kirkwhelpington

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