Brenkley, ditch

Brenkley, ditch

HER Number
16170
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Brenkley, ditch
Place
Brenkley
Map Sheet
NZ27NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Ditch
Site Type: Specific
Ditch
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Iron Age -800 to 43
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
A single ditch (running NNE-SSW) was identified during an archaeological evaluation at the proposed site of Brenkley Additional Surface Mine. The ditch could not be accurately dated but is believed to be Iron Age in origin. It may relate to the probable Iron Age settlement immediately located to the north or it could relate to a medieval ditch known to the east. Extensive evidence of the upstanding remains of medieval ridge and furrow was seen in all trenches across the field.
Easting
421890
Northing
575260
Grid Reference
NZ421890575260
Sources
Headland Archaeology Ltd. 2013, Brenkley Additional Surface Mine, Newcastle, Archaeological Evaluation