Camp Cottage settlement (Tarset with Greystead)
(Centred NY 75218624) Camp. (1)
On Camp Cottage farm are the remains of a camp, which, before the northern end was cut off by the railway, was almost a parallelogram measuring 65 yards north-south, and 55 yards east-west. Most of the east and south sides remain, showing that there were two ramparts with medial ditch, the overall distance being 35 foot from crest to crest of the ramparts. There appears to be an entrance near the centre of the east side. When the west side was removed about 67 years previously, an iron axe, with iron handle about 14 inches long, was found. (Axe found AD 1816). (2)
Type C (Under Prehistoric Section-Rectilinear Works and Enclosures). (3)
Camp Cottage. Single-banked rectangular earthwork. (Listed as Native Site). (4)
NY 75238624. Remains of a rectangular earthwork, at approx 470 feet above OD, situated upon a pasture covered rise of ground against a gently south east facing slope of farmland, and overlooking the broad valley of the River North Tyne to the west, south and east. Higher ground beyond a descent to the north.
The earthwork consisted of double ramparts with a medial ditch, of which only a short stretch is now extant about the south east corner, the north part of the site having been destroyed by the construction of the railway cutting, and the western part levelled by the plough.
The original entrance in the east side is of the simple causeway type, and is 8m wide. There are no surface indications of internal occupation. The nearest present water supply is a stream 170m to the north-east.
The present locations of the quern fragments and the iron axe have not been ascertained. (5)
The remains of this earthwork are too fragmentary to classify as to purpose or period of construction. (6)
Listed under rectilinear sites of the Roman period, but unclassified. (7)
As previously described, except that the outer rampart is apparently no more than an old field bank around the edge of the ditch.
The sub-rectangular, medium strength bank and ditch construction, and east-facing entrance of the present in the remaining part of the work are all features consistent with the local type of Romano-British domestic enclosure. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (8)
Additional Reference (9)
On Camp Cottage farm are the remains of a camp, which, before the northern end was cut off by the railway, was almost a parallelogram measuring 65 yards north-south, and 55 yards east-west. Most of the east and south sides remain, showing that there were two ramparts with medial ditch, the overall distance being 35 foot from crest to crest of the ramparts. There appears to be an entrance near the centre of the east side. When the west side was removed about 67 years previously, an iron axe, with iron handle about 14 inches long, was found. (Axe found AD 1816). (2)
Type C (Under Prehistoric Section-Rectilinear Works and Enclosures). (3)
Camp Cottage. Single-banked rectangular earthwork. (Listed as Native Site). (4)
NY 75238624. Remains of a rectangular earthwork, at approx 470 feet above OD, situated upon a pasture covered rise of ground against a gently south east facing slope of farmland, and overlooking the broad valley of the River North Tyne to the west, south and east. Higher ground beyond a descent to the north.
The earthwork consisted of double ramparts with a medial ditch, of which only a short stretch is now extant about the south east corner, the north part of the site having been destroyed by the construction of the railway cutting, and the western part levelled by the plough.
The original entrance in the east side is of the simple causeway type, and is 8m wide. There are no surface indications of internal occupation. The nearest present water supply is a stream 170m to the north-east.
The present locations of the quern fragments and the iron axe have not been ascertained. (5)
The remains of this earthwork are too fragmentary to classify as to purpose or period of construction. (6)
Listed under rectilinear sites of the Roman period, but unclassified. (7)
As previously described, except that the outer rampart is apparently no more than an old field bank around the edge of the ditch.
The sub-rectangular, medium strength bank and ditch construction, and east-facing entrance of the present in the remaining part of the work are all features consistent with the local type of Romano-British domestic enclosure. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (8)
Additional Reference (9)
N6999
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
FIELD SURVEY, Rectilinear earthworks in Northumberland: some Medieval and Later settlements 1960
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
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