Hasting Hill, circular features
Hasting Hill, circular features
HER Number
111
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hasting Hill, circular features
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
Site Type: Specific
Site
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
There are a number of circular and sub-circular features visible as cropmarks nearby the Hasting Hill interrupted ditch enclosure and possible cursus, or ceremonial pathway. Some have been described as ring ditches, while other sources have described them as barrows, or burial mounds. One stands out prominantly on aerial photographs outside the south end of the possible cursus. These remains are probably being steadily destroyed by ploughing. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT.
Easting
435700
Northing
553800
Grid Reference
NZ435700553800
Sources
<< HER 111 >> Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1971, Hasting Hill, A/083715/30-32 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, D.W. Harding, Hasting Hill, 116/1-8, 117/2,4,6-8 -Dept. of Archaeology, Durham
Aerial Photograph, Ordnance Survey 1974, Hasting Hill, 74.195, 074-75
A.F. Harding, 1980, Hasting Hill, 1980, Excavation report
Pers comm. A.F. Harding, 1984
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, no. 2, p. 70, pl. 7
Aerial Photograph, National Monuments Record, 1974, Hasting Hill, 1974/240-244 -Dept. of Archaeology Durham
Aerial Photograph, D.W. Harding, Hasting Hill, 116/1-8, 117/2,4,6-8 -Dept. of Archaeology, Durham
Aerial Photograph, Ordnance Survey 1974, Hasting Hill, 74.195, 074-75
A.F. Harding, 1980, Hasting Hill, 1980, Excavation report
Pers comm. A.F. Harding, 1984
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, no. 2, p. 70, pl. 7
Aerial Photograph, National Monuments Record, 1974, Hasting Hill, 1974/240-244 -Dept. of Archaeology Durham