Newtown West (Whitton and Tosson)
NZ 033999 Newtown West. Listed as rectilinear site but unclassified. (1)
Situated on gently sloping ground at the foot of a steeper north facing scarp, a sub-rectangular earthwork, which was apparently originally bounded, at least partially, by a ditch with flanking banks. The well-formed ditch survives on the north and west sides and part of the south, but the banks are only fragmentary. The east side has been eroded by natural water channels, but is traceable partly as a slight bank and partly as an outward facing scarp. Internally, at the south west angle and along the south side are the turf-covered foundations of three rectangular steadings, while in the north east angle a fragmentary bank creates a sub-enclosure of about one-third of the total area. Molescrapes in the vicinity of the steadings yielded green glazed medieval sherds and the site as a whole probably represents a farmstead of that period. Rig and furrow ploughing occurs on the moorland to the west of the site. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
No change to field report of 10 4 72. Surveyed at 1:10000. (3)
This site was photographed from the air in 2005. It is situated on moorland and still well preserved. Ridge and furrow and sod cast boundaries on the moor to the west may be associated. (4a-c)
General association with HER 31567. (4)
Situated on gently sloping ground at the foot of a steeper north facing scarp, a sub-rectangular earthwork, which was apparently originally bounded, at least partially, by a ditch with flanking banks. The well-formed ditch survives on the north and west sides and part of the south, but the banks are only fragmentary. The east side has been eroded by natural water channels, but is traceable partly as a slight bank and partly as an outward facing scarp. Internally, at the south west angle and along the south side are the turf-covered foundations of three rectangular steadings, while in the north east angle a fragmentary bank creates a sub-enclosure of about one-third of the total area. Molescrapes in the vicinity of the steadings yielded green glazed medieval sherds and the site as a whole probably represents a farmstead of that period. Rig and furrow ploughing occurs on the moorland to the west of the site. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
No change to field report of 10 4 72. Surveyed at 1:10000. (3)
This site was photographed from the air in 2005. It is situated on moorland and still well preserved. Ridge and furrow and sod cast boundaries on the moor to the west may be associated. (4a-c)
General association with HER 31567. (4)
N10729
FIELD SURVEY, 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
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, EH Aerial Reconnaissance (North): 2005-6
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1972; D Smith
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; B H Pritchard
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, EH Aerial Reconnaissance (North): 2005-6
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