Newtown West (Whitton and Tosson)
This is the site of a medieval farmstead. A rectangular earthwork can be seen. A ditch and an earth bank surround it. The foundations of three rectangular buildings are visible within the enclosure. Fragments of medieval pottery have been found in molehills at this site, and ridge and furrow can be seen in the surrounding area.
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FIELD SURVEY, Some rectilinear settlements of the Roman period in Northumberland; Further notes on rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1972; D Smith
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1972; D Smith
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; B H Pritchard
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