Cord rig cultivation west of Nether Houses (Rochester and Byrness)
Scheduled. (1)
Earthworks of Iron Age/Romano-British homestead visible on lidar imagery. Part of a complex of settlements and field system in this area, much of the detail of which cannot be made out on lidar imagery although there are hints of field boundaries in the area around this settlement. The whole complex would be worth surveying on the ground in detail if not already done. (2)
A field system of possible later prehistoric / Romano-British origin is visible as coaxial boundaries and areas of cord rig cultivation on historic aerial photography and lidar imagery, and remains largely extant on the latest 2016 photography. This was mapped as part of a PhD project at the University of York, in collaboration with the Historic England aerial investigation and mapping team.
The boundaries consist of low earthwork and stony banks, the remains of field walls, situated on a north-facing slope towards the Wind Burn and previously recorded in the Historic Environment Record (no. 8153). The boundaries appear to run down the slope, with shorter boundaries at right angles running across the slope. The cord rig cultivation appears most clearly within the fields nearest the settlements and largely survives as earthworks, though is visible in the southern part of the system as cropmarks. Further earthworks visible on the lidar show subtle hints of the cultivation ridges stretching throughout the system. The banks are generally 0.5m in width and were previously recorded as surviving to 0.4m in height, the longest running for 370m. The cord rig is visible as slight earthworks with narrow ridges c.1m wide separated by furrows and surviving to a height of 0.1m.
The field system is likely associated with two Iron Age / Roman enclosed settlements (UIDs 17337, 17340) and possibly also with two isolated roundhouses (UID 17332) to the south-west of these. It was previously Scheduled [List Entry 1015529] alongside the settlements and hut circles mentioned above. The field system is overlain by later field boundaries and drainage features in places, along with a post medieval stone sheep shelter or bield. Standing Stones are recorded on first edition Ordnance Survey mapping close to this bield, though their relationship to the field system is unclear. (3)
Earthworks of Iron Age/Romano-British homestead visible on lidar imagery. Part of a complex of settlements and field system in this area, much of the detail of which cannot be made out on lidar imagery although there are hints of field boundaries in the area around this settlement. The whole complex would be worth surveying on the ground in detail if not already done. (2)
A field system of possible later prehistoric / Romano-British origin is visible as coaxial boundaries and areas of cord rig cultivation on historic aerial photography and lidar imagery, and remains largely extant on the latest 2016 photography. This was mapped as part of a PhD project at the University of York, in collaboration with the Historic England aerial investigation and mapping team.
The boundaries consist of low earthwork and stony banks, the remains of field walls, situated on a north-facing slope towards the Wind Burn and previously recorded in the Historic Environment Record (no. 8153). The boundaries appear to run down the slope, with shorter boundaries at right angles running across the slope. The cord rig cultivation appears most clearly within the fields nearest the settlements and largely survives as earthworks, though is visible in the southern part of the system as cropmarks. Further earthworks visible on the lidar show subtle hints of the cultivation ridges stretching throughout the system. The banks are generally 0.5m in width and were previously recorded as surviving to 0.4m in height, the longest running for 370m. The cord rig is visible as slight earthworks with narrow ridges c.1m wide separated by furrows and surviving to a height of 0.1m.
The field system is likely associated with two Iron Age / Roman enclosed settlements (UIDs 17337, 17340) and possibly also with two isolated roundhouses (UID 17332) to the south-west of these. It was previously Scheduled [List Entry 1015529] alongside the settlements and hut circles mentioned above. The field system is overlain by later field boundaries and drainage features in places, along with a post medieval stone sheep shelter or bield. Standing Stones are recorded on first edition Ordnance Survey mapping close to this bield, though their relationship to the field system is unclear. (3)
N8153
AERIAL INVESTIGATION AND MAPPING, Redesdale Lidar Landscapes project ; Oracle Heritage Services
AERIAL INVESTIGATION AND MAPPING, Northern Frontiers ; Department of Archaeology, York University
AERIAL INVESTIGATION AND MAPPING, Northern Frontiers ; Department of Archaeology, York University
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