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Mustardhill Plantation, possible enclosure (Craster)

North of Mustardhill Plantation lies a sub-circular enclosure mostly visible as a cropmark but with the eastern side apparently surviving as an earthwork. Possible entrance on north side. Visible on aerial photographs. (1)

Cropmark/extant. Sub-rectangular feature, c.60m square, with a single perimeter. Possibly extant on the east side. (2)

A probable Iron Age/Roman curvilinear enclosure is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs, centred at NU 2442 1973. The triple-ditched enclosure, with an internal bank, has a maximum internal dimension of 63m. The innermost ditch may be a pallisade trench. Possible internal features are also visible. The earthwork element of the feature is still extant on the latest 1995 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. (3a)
N5660
Roman (43 to 410)
Iron Age (800BC to 43AD)
UNCERTAIN
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: North East Coast NMP Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey ; Archaeological Research Services


Source of Reference
Local History of Craster

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