Medieval farmstead near Titlington Mount (Hedgeley)
(Centred NU 105164) Three small enclosures visible on aerial photographs. (1)
'A' - NU 10541638. The largest enclosure is bounded by a stony bank, 2m wide and 0.5m high, except in the south west where it is formed by boulder walling. It contains the remains of a sub-rectangular structure, visible as a slight stony bank, and a boulder dividing wall at the south-west end.
In form and construction the work bears some slight similarity to the medieval farmstead at Spartley Burn (NT 01 SE ?).
'B' - NU 10561643. A circular enclosure consisting of an earth and stone bank, 3m wide and 0.3m high, with no apparent entrance.
'C' - NU 10611646. The stony foundations of a small sub-rectangular enclosure, the north end of which has been destroyed by afforestation.
The two latter enclosures may be recent in origin, but are too denuded for any certainty.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
NU 1054 1639;NU 1058 1643;NU 1062 1646. Medieval farmstead 500m ENE of Titlington Mount. Scheduled RSM No 21019. The remains of a deserted medieval and post-medieval farmstead consisting of the foundations of three related enclosures, dividing the monument into three seperate areas. The most westerly enclosure, polygonal in shape, is 20m by 14m within a bank of stone and earth 2m wide and 0.5m high. It contains a sub-rectangular building 10m long by 8m wide enclosed by stony banks 2m wide and 0.7m high. This is interpreted as the living area of the farm. At the SW end of this large enclosure a dividing wall forms a small compartment which contains two small huts. The entrance to the enclosure is in the SW corner. A second, circular, enclosure lies to the NE; it is 14m in diameter within an earth and stone bank 3m wide and 0.3m high. A third enclosure, truncated by a forestry plantation to the N, is situated 40m NE of the second; it is sub-rectangular in shape and measures 12.5m by 11m within a stone and earth bank which stands to 0.8m high. The latter two enclosures are interpreted as small farm buildings or stock enclosures. (3)
A roughly oval enclosure 70 ft in diameter containing an internal enclosure 25 ft by 15 ft. The W end is also sub-divided into two huts. Possibly a medieval farmstead (4a).
Scheduled (4b)
At NU 1054 1638 in undisturbed pasture are the grass-grown remains of a prehistoric enclosed settlement with the turf-covered footings of a later, rectangular building, possibly a farmstead, inserted within it (now recorded separately see NU 11 NW 34). On the S side of the enclosure are a number of orthostatic boulders which appear to define an entrance. The site lies within an area of low boulder walls of typical prehistoric construction, which strongly suggest the remains of a contemporary field system. This site was visited in the course of preparation work for the excavation of two burnt mounds about 300m to the NW by the Northumberland Archaeology Group in 1992-3. No survey was done (4c)
'A' - NU 10541638. The largest enclosure is bounded by a stony bank, 2m wide and 0.5m high, except in the south west where it is formed by boulder walling. It contains the remains of a sub-rectangular structure, visible as a slight stony bank, and a boulder dividing wall at the south-west end.
In form and construction the work bears some slight similarity to the medieval farmstead at Spartley Burn (NT 01 SE ?).
'B' - NU 10561643. A circular enclosure consisting of an earth and stone bank, 3m wide and 0.3m high, with no apparent entrance.
'C' - NU 10611646. The stony foundations of a small sub-rectangular enclosure, the north end of which has been destroyed by afforestation.
The two latter enclosures may be recent in origin, but are too denuded for any certainty.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
NU 1054 1639;NU 1058 1643;NU 1062 1646. Medieval farmstead 500m ENE of Titlington Mount. Scheduled RSM No 21019. The remains of a deserted medieval and post-medieval farmstead consisting of the foundations of three related enclosures, dividing the monument into three seperate areas. The most westerly enclosure, polygonal in shape, is 20m by 14m within a bank of stone and earth 2m wide and 0.5m high. It contains a sub-rectangular building 10m long by 8m wide enclosed by stony banks 2m wide and 0.7m high. This is interpreted as the living area of the farm. At the SW end of this large enclosure a dividing wall forms a small compartment which contains two small huts. The entrance to the enclosure is in the SW corner. A second, circular, enclosure lies to the NE; it is 14m in diameter within an earth and stone bank 3m wide and 0.3m high. A third enclosure, truncated by a forestry plantation to the N, is situated 40m NE of the second; it is sub-rectangular in shape and measures 12.5m by 11m within a stone and earth bank which stands to 0.8m high. The latter two enclosures are interpreted as small farm buildings or stock enclosures. (3)
A roughly oval enclosure 70 ft in diameter containing an internal enclosure 25 ft by 15 ft. The W end is also sub-divided into two huts. Possibly a medieval farmstead (4a).
Scheduled (4b)
At NU 1054 1638 in undisturbed pasture are the grass-grown remains of a prehistoric enclosed settlement with the turf-covered footings of a later, rectangular building, possibly a farmstead, inserted within it (now recorded separately see NU 11 NW 34). On the S side of the enclosure are a number of orthostatic boulders which appear to define an entrance. The site lies within an area of low boulder walls of typical prehistoric construction, which strongly suggest the remains of a contemporary field system. This site was visited in the course of preparation work for the excavation of two burnt mounds about 300m to the NW by the Northumberland Archaeology Group in 1992-3. No survey was done (4c)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Titlington Burnt Mounds ; RCHME
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Titlington Burnt Mounds ; RCHME
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