Coldberry Hill (Wooler)
NT 97012727 Votadinian Homestead. (1)
A scooped simple enclosure on the south-east slope of the hill. Enclosed by a bank of earth and stones, on the east and south sides, of average width 5.5m and maximum height 1m. Maximum height of the single scarp bank on north and west sides is 2.8m. A simple entrance to the east. The enclosure contains at least two hut circles but it is covered by dense bracken.
An annexe to the south consists of a slight earth and stone bank, which is greatly spread. Average width 2m and maximum height 0.2m. The nearest water supply is Hambleton Burn, 300m south.
This enclosure is a very fine example of a homestead, constructed with very strong banks. (2)
Two conjoined walled enclosures, of which the southern is probably secondary, have been formed by cutting back into the foot of the slope. The northern, measuring 110ft x 80ft, has a small platform in the north-west corner, while a slight scoop with traces of stone foundations for a circular hut c.18ft in diameter lie on the floor of the enclosure, which suggests a secondary context. (3)
Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone-built settlements. (4)
A well-preserved example of this type of Jobey homestead ('settlement' implying occupation rather than an extensive complex). Surveyed at 1:2500. (5)
The north enclosure measures approximately 33m north-south by 30m east-west and is 'scooped' into the hillslope on the west, north and north-east sides, the enclosing bank being best preserved around the entrance. Within this enclosure platform abutts the enclosing bank and is raised to a height of about 0.4m above the ground interior.
The circular hut site has been much spread on the east and north-east sides and has a quite well preserved entrance in the south-east, the whole being 'scooped' into the single scarp bank to an approximate depth of 1m.
The south enclosure is 'scooped' on its west side to a maximum depth of 1m and measures approximately 30m east-west by 30m north south. No trace of internal habitation.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
NT 970273 Settlements SE of Coldberry Hill; scheduled. (8a)
A plan and a brief description of this site were published in Archaeologia Aeliana in 1962. (8b)
The site is visible on a number of aerial photographs, as listed on the parent record (NRHE UID 1370749).
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeoloy Project. (See archive object MD000292). (8)
General association with HER 1553 (two conjoined enclosures), HER 34617 (two sub-rectangular fields with associated scooped settlement enclosures). (8)
A scooped simple enclosure on the south-east slope of the hill. Enclosed by a bank of earth and stones, on the east and south sides, of average width 5.5m and maximum height 1m. Maximum height of the single scarp bank on north and west sides is 2.8m. A simple entrance to the east. The enclosure contains at least two hut circles but it is covered by dense bracken.
An annexe to the south consists of a slight earth and stone bank, which is greatly spread. Average width 2m and maximum height 0.2m. The nearest water supply is Hambleton Burn, 300m south.
This enclosure is a very fine example of a homestead, constructed with very strong banks. (2)
Two conjoined walled enclosures, of which the southern is probably secondary, have been formed by cutting back into the foot of the slope. The northern, measuring 110ft x 80ft, has a small platform in the north-west corner, while a slight scoop with traces of stone foundations for a circular hut c.18ft in diameter lie on the floor of the enclosure, which suggests a secondary context. (3)
Listed under Romano-British enclosed stone-built settlements. (4)
A well-preserved example of this type of Jobey homestead ('settlement' implying occupation rather than an extensive complex). Surveyed at 1:2500. (5)
The north enclosure measures approximately 33m north-south by 30m east-west and is 'scooped' into the hillslope on the west, north and north-east sides, the enclosing bank being best preserved around the entrance. Within this enclosure platform abutts the enclosing bank and is raised to a height of about 0.4m above the ground interior.
The circular hut site has been much spread on the east and north-east sides and has a quite well preserved entrance in the south-east, the whole being 'scooped' into the single scarp bank to an approximate depth of 1m.
The south enclosure is 'scooped' on its west side to a maximum depth of 1m and measures approximately 30m east-west by 30m north south. No trace of internal habitation.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
NT 970273 Settlements SE of Coldberry Hill; scheduled. (8a)
A plan and a brief description of this site were published in Archaeologia Aeliana in 1962. (8b)
The site is visible on a number of aerial photographs, as listed on the parent record (NRHE UID 1370749).
The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeoloy Project. (See archive object MD000292). (8)
General association with HER 1553 (two conjoined enclosures), HER 34617 (two sub-rectangular fields with associated scooped settlement enclosures). (8)
N1554
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; S Ainsworth
FIELD SURVEY, A note on scooped enclosures in Northumberland
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1976; S Ainsworth
FIELD SURVEY, A note on scooped enclosures in Northumberland
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