Bronze Age field system at Allery Burn (Melkridge)
Between 2500 and 4500 years ago, during a period archaeologists call the Bronze Age, farmers grew their crops in a field at Allery Burn, using a method of cultivation known as cord rig.
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
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