Edgehouse earthwork (Belsay)
[NZ 05378061] Camp. (1)
'Edgehouse'. A rectangular earthwork with a single rampart, approximately 0.25 acre in area. (2)
Listed as a small Romano-British rectilinear settlement. (3)
A rectangular ditched enclosure, in poor condition, with an east facing entrance flanked by two slight internal depressions. There are no apparent hut sites, but, otherwise, the work is consistent with a Jobey type 'A' settlement. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (4)
Upstanding but in poor condition. Regularly used as standing ground for manure. (5)
'Edgehouse'. A rectangular earthwork with a single rampart, approximately 0.25 acre in area. (2)
Listed as a small Romano-British rectilinear settlement. (3)
A rectangular ditched enclosure, in poor condition, with an east facing entrance flanked by two slight internal depressions. There are no apparent hut sites, but, otherwise, the work is consistent with a Jobey type 'A' settlement. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (4)
Upstanding but in poor condition. Regularly used as standing ground for manure. (5)
N10568
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; B H Pritchard
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