Backworth, single ditched rectilinear enclosure

HER Number

4836

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Backworth, single ditched rectilinear enclosure

Place

Backworth

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

This single-ditched rectilinear enclosure with interior round houses is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of the area.

Easting

430800

Northing

572060

Grid Reference

NZ430800572060

Sources

<< HER 4836 >> Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1992, NZ 3072/2, TMG 13883/04