Dewley, stack stand

HER Number

11503

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dewley, stack stand

Place

Dewley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Stack Stand

Site Type: Specific

Stack Stand

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A stack stand (platform for storing winter fodder), probably of Post Medieval period was seen as an earthwork on aerial photographs within an area of ridge and furrow. Defined by a ditched platform with an external bank and measured 9m x 7m between the external banks.

Easting

416280

Northing

569030

Grid Reference

NZ416280569030

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1438075); Aerial Photograph OS/92057 78 19-Apr-1992