Cairn and enclosed cremation cemetery on Bewick Hill (Bewick)
('A' NU 07172170) Cairn ('B' NU 07162164) Circle ('C' NU 07252160) Stones. (1)
'A' NU 07182168. A slight circular depression 4m in diameter filled with small stones up to existing ground level, represents the remains of a probable robbed burial cairn.
'B' NU 07182165. A roughly circular enclosure, situated on near level ground near the edge of the steep escarpment which lies to the south. The enclosing bank which is of earth and stones varies in width from 2m to 4m with a maximum height of 0.6m. The bank has been robbed in places almost down to ground level, but there is no trace of an original entrance. There is a hut circle in the centre of the enclosure, with a possible one to the east.
The nearest water supply is the springs to the west.
'C' NU 07252162. These 'stones' consist of outcrop rock and loose boulders and have no archaeological significance.
Discrepancies in siting of these three sites with MacLauchlan probably due to early date of survey and lack of control in authority's plan. (2)
Condition of cairn unchanged. The enclosure is much reduced, but resembles a local type of Romano-British homestead. Both items surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
A Bronze Age cairn and enclosed cremation cemetery are visible as earthworks on air photographs. The cairn comprises a mound 4m in diameter and is centred at NU 0718 2168. The cemetery lies 31m to the south at NU 0719 2165. It is visible as a sub-circular embanked enclosure, 23m in diameter. The bank is narrow and has been breached to the east. This has previously been cited as a homestead (above). (4)(6a)
A pair of possible cairns are located west of the quarry recorded on the western slopes of Old Bewick Hill. The eastern cairn comprises an irregular group of large boulders and may be based on an outcrop. The western cairn comprsises a low earthwork sub-circular mound with some stone visible. (5)
'A' NU 07182168. A slight circular depression 4m in diameter filled with small stones up to existing ground level, represents the remains of a probable robbed burial cairn.
'B' NU 07182165. A roughly circular enclosure, situated on near level ground near the edge of the steep escarpment which lies to the south. The enclosing bank which is of earth and stones varies in width from 2m to 4m with a maximum height of 0.6m. The bank has been robbed in places almost down to ground level, but there is no trace of an original entrance. There is a hut circle in the centre of the enclosure, with a possible one to the east.
The nearest water supply is the springs to the west.
'C' NU 07252162. These 'stones' consist of outcrop rock and loose boulders and have no archaeological significance.
Discrepancies in siting of these three sites with MacLauchlan probably due to early date of survey and lack of control in authority's plan. (2)
Condition of cairn unchanged. The enclosure is much reduced, but resembles a local type of Romano-British homestead. Both items surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
A Bronze Age cairn and enclosed cremation cemetery are visible as earthworks on air photographs. The cairn comprises a mound 4m in diameter and is centred at NU 0718 2168. The cemetery lies 31m to the south at NU 0719 2165. It is visible as a sub-circular embanked enclosure, 23m in diameter. The bank is narrow and has been breached to the east. This has previously been cited as a homestead (above). (4)(6a)
A pair of possible cairns are located west of the quarry recorded on the western slopes of Old Bewick Hill. The eastern cairn comprises an irregular group of large boulders and may be based on an outcrop. The western cairn comprsises a low earthwork sub-circular mound with some stone visible. (5)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Till Tweed NMP 2003; English Heritage
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Old Bewick Hillfort, Old Bewick, Northumberland: archaeological recording 2012; Archaeological Services Durham University
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Till Tweed NMP 2003; English Heritage
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Old Bewick Hillfort, Old Bewick, Northumberland: archaeological recording 2012; Archaeological Services Durham University
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