Markle Grove, prehistoric enclosure ditch

HER Number

17824

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Markle Grove, prehistoric enclosure ditch

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Enclosed Settlement

General Period

PREHISTORIC

Specific Period

Iron Age -800 to 43

Form of Evidence

Physical Evidence

Description

A substantial ditch measuring approximately 70m in length, up to 3.80m wide and 2.14m deep with a c.10m wide east-facing entrance. Charred remains obtained from the lower fill of the ditch were radiocarbon dated to AMS 404-231 BC and 400-211cal BC, Middle Iron Age. The ditch was interpreted as the eastern boundary of a Middle Iron Age settlement that extended to the east of the excavation area.

Easting

433660

Northing

548070

Grid Reference

NZ433660548070

Sources

Pre-construct archaeology, 2017. Archaeological Investigations at land to the rear or Markle Grove, East Rainton, Sunderland: Post-excavation report;