Later prehistoric settlement on Spital Hill (Mitford)
Aerial view showing cropmarks of an enclosed settlement near Spital Hill. Photo © Tim Gates.
A settlement built between 2500 and 6000 years ago, surrounded by a ditch, can be seen as a parchmark on an aerial photograph of Spital Hill. Archaeologists call the period in which this settlement would have been occupied the later prehistoric period.
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, Land west of Morpeth, Northumberland 2014; AD Archaeology Ltd
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