Roman period enclosure, East Greenleighton (Rothley with Hollinghill)
A roughly rectangular earthwork enclosure stands at the edge of the Fallowlees Burn valley. It has one rampart and a ditch around it, with an entrance on the east side. It is probably a farmstead built by native Britons during the Roman period.
N10788
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; E Geary
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 SURVEY, Some rectilinear settlements of the Roman period in Northumberland; Further notes on rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
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