Coastguard Cottages camp (Newton-by-the-Sea)
(NU2404 2488) It seems that the spot overlooking the landing place at Newton-on-the-Sea was at one time entrenched and may be the remains of a camp. Site occupied by the Watch House. (Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946). (1)
The Watch House, a Coastguard station, is situated on a rocky outcrop of a slight eminence of 100 feet OD, but there are no traces of any artificial earthworks to be seen. A terrace-way on the western side of the house is natural. (2)
A watching brief carried out by The National Trust during April 1992 excavations for drainage within the enclosing wall on the west and north-west sides of the former Watch House, and for a new septic tank soakaway to the north of the enclosure, revealed some human bone recovered from the lowest levels of the trench to the south of the Watch House porch and adjacent to the west wall of the building, about 650mm below ground level. It is possible that a previous cairn site may have been incorporated into the mound on which the 19th century Coastguard Station, now Watch House, sits confirming earlier antiquarian thoughts for the use of the site, though neither dating evidence or any artefacts were found in these rather limited groundworks. (3)
Additional Reference (4)
The Watch House, a Coastguard station, is situated on a rocky outcrop of a slight eminence of 100 feet OD, but there are no traces of any artificial earthworks to be seen. A terrace-way on the western side of the house is natural. (2)
A watching brief carried out by The National Trust during April 1992 excavations for drainage within the enclosing wall on the west and north-west sides of the former Watch House, and for a new septic tank soakaway to the north of the enclosure, revealed some human bone recovered from the lowest levels of the trench to the south of the Watch House porch and adjacent to the west wall of the building, about 650mm below ground level. It is possible that a previous cairn site may have been incorporated into the mound on which the 19th century Coastguard Station, now Watch House, sits confirming earlier antiquarian thoughts for the use of the site, though neither dating evidence or any artefacts were found in these rather limited groundworks. (3)
Additional Reference (4)
N5831
Prehistoric (500000BC to 43AD)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; J H Ostridge
WATCHING BRIEF, Coastguard Cottage (former Watch House), Low Newton 1992; The National Trust
WATCHING BRIEF, Coastguard Cottage (former Watch House), Low Newton 1992; The National Trust
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