Wideopen, two enclosures

HER Number

15298

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wideopen, two enclosures

Place

Wideopen

Map Sheet

NZ27SW

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Archaeological Feature

Site Type: Specific

Site

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Iron Age -800 to 43

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

The Google Earth 2002 photo shows what appear to be two rectilinear enclosure cropmarks one above the other. The southern one has internal features including a large central roundhouse.

Easting

424620

Northing

573060

Grid Reference

NZ424620573060

Sources

Google Earth 2002; Personal Comment, Warren Muncaster, Assistant Keeper Field Archaeology, TWM Archaeology, 17 October 2012