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Site of two standing stones (Heddon-on-the-Wall)

NZ 132 655 Two standing stones, the tops of them now barely visible, are in the field north of the Newburn and Wylam Railway, near Stannerford. They are mentioned ('Standande-Stan') in a boundary dispute of 1290 between Richard Turpin of Houghton and the Prior of Tynemouth. Sited from Bates map. (1)

These stones have long been removed (2a). There is no trace of them in the area. (2)

Additional references. (3)
N10866
Later Prehistoric (4000BC to 43AD)
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1959; J L Davidson


Source of Reference
Local History of Heddon-on-the-Wall

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