Defended settlement south-west of Haining (Elsdon)
(Centred NY 92149244) Camp. (1)
Haining. Irregular single-ramparted earthwork, approximately 1 acre. (2)
Type C (Rectangular enclosures usually associated with Roman occupation). (3)
Remains of an irregular-shaped earthwork situated, at approximately 600 feet above sea level upon a north-facing slope of pastureland. The hill top is to the south and the site overlooks the valley of the Elsdon Burn to the north-east, north and north-west.
The earthwork has consisted of double banks with a medial ditch. Rig and furrow ploughing has destroyed the outer bank on the south, east and north sides and it is extant only around the west side. A plantation has destroyed both bank and ditch on the south-west side. The inner bank is well preserved except along the north-west downhill side where it is reduced to a scarp. The original entrance was probably in the east side. Rig and furrow ploughing covers the interior and there are no traces of internal occupation to be seen. (4)
'The Haining' is one of a small number of earthworks in the County that are situated on slopes. They are circular or oval in form, have an internal area consistent with that of many forts and settlements, and are mainly univallate with an internal mound, median ditch and counterscarp bank in fairly typical fashion. So that they have a claim to inclusion in the context of pre-Roman Iron Age works. It is conceivable that some are no more than stock enclosures, in which case 'The Haining' is appropriately named. (5)
In good condition, published survey (25 inch) revised. (6)
NY 9214 9243. Defended settlement 470m SW of Haining. Scheduled RSM No 21040. The roughly oval settlement measures a maximum of 85m NE-SW by 62m NW-SE within a rampart and ditch and traces of a counterscarp bank. The earth and stone rampart is 5m wide and stands to a maximum of 1.5m above the bottom of the surrounding ditch which is 6m wide. The counter scarp bank, which is best preserved on the W side, surrounds the ditch and is 0.9m high above the ditch bottom. There is an entrance 2m wide in the NE side of the enclosure. (7)
Haining. Irregular single-ramparted earthwork, approximately 1 acre. (2)
Type C (Rectangular enclosures usually associated with Roman occupation). (3)
Remains of an irregular-shaped earthwork situated, at approximately 600 feet above sea level upon a north-facing slope of pastureland. The hill top is to the south and the site overlooks the valley of the Elsdon Burn to the north-east, north and north-west.
The earthwork has consisted of double banks with a medial ditch. Rig and furrow ploughing has destroyed the outer bank on the south, east and north sides and it is extant only around the west side. A plantation has destroyed both bank and ditch on the south-west side. The inner bank is well preserved except along the north-west downhill side where it is reduced to a scarp. The original entrance was probably in the east side. Rig and furrow ploughing covers the interior and there are no traces of internal occupation to be seen. (4)
'The Haining' is one of a small number of earthworks in the County that are situated on slopes. They are circular or oval in form, have an internal area consistent with that of many forts and settlements, and are mainly univallate with an internal mound, median ditch and counterscarp bank in fairly typical fashion. So that they have a claim to inclusion in the context of pre-Roman Iron Age works. It is conceivable that some are no more than stock enclosures, in which case 'The Haining' is appropriately named. (5)
In good condition, published survey (25 inch) revised. (6)
NY 9214 9243. Defended settlement 470m SW of Haining. Scheduled RSM No 21040. The roughly oval settlement measures a maximum of 85m NE-SW by 62m NW-SE within a rampart and ditch and traces of a counterscarp bank. The earth and stone rampart is 5m wide and stands to a maximum of 1.5m above the bottom of the surrounding ditch which is 6m wide. The counter scarp bank, which is best preserved on the W side, surrounds the ditch and is 0.9m high above the ditch bottom. There is an entrance 2m wide in the NE side of the enclosure. (7)
N9745
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; B H Pritchard
FIELD SURVEY, Hill forts and settlements in Northumberland ; G Jobey
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