Romano-British farmstead, 330m south of Woodhill (Otterburn)
NY 88079210 Remains of an earthwork situated, at approx 610 feet above sea-level, upon a gentle north-east pasture slope, a few feet below the hill top.
The site overlooks the valley of the River Rede to the north and east, and lower lying ground to the south.
The earthwork, a small irregular-shaped enclosure, much mutilated by ploughing over the south-eastern half is bounded by a bank of earth and stones with an outer ditch. The original entrance is in the north side. There are traces of a hut circle in the interior of 7m diameter. (1)
Wood Hill East - Listed under rectilinear but unclassified. (2)
The work, although mutilated, has most of the features common to the local minor native settlement viz its form; an enclosing feature in one of the standard variations; east-facing entrance flanked internally by a probable 'depressed yard'; and vague traces of a stone rounded hut. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Additional bibliography. (4)
Scheduled as a Romano-British farmstead. (5)
The site overlooks the valley of the River Rede to the north and east, and lower lying ground to the south.
The earthwork, a small irregular-shaped enclosure, much mutilated by ploughing over the south-eastern half is bounded by a bank of earth and stones with an outer ditch. The original entrance is in the north side. There are traces of a hut circle in the interior of 7m diameter. (1)
Wood Hill East - Listed under rectilinear but unclassified. (2)
The work, although mutilated, has most of the features common to the local minor native settlement viz its form; an enclosing feature in one of the standard variations; east-facing entrance flanked internally by a probable 'depressed yard'; and vague traces of a stone rounded hut. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Additional bibliography. (4)
Scheduled as a Romano-British farmstead. (5)
N8297
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
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