East Brunton, ditch
East Brunton, ditch
HER Number
4839
District
Newcastle
Site Name
East Brunton, ditch
Place
East Brunton
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
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
Cropmark
Description
Two adjacent stretches of ditches visible as cropmarks from the air. An evaluation in 2001 (TWM Archaeology) included one trench over each of these ditches. Trench 2 - no evidence was found relating to the cropmark. Natural subsoil was recorded at 53.71m OD. A furrow cut through the north part of the trench. Trench 3 - a ditch was recorded which coincided with the cropmark. Ridge and furrow was also recorded. Natural subsoil was recorded at 51.50m OD. The ditch ran north-south. It was 3.05m wide. Excavation was curtailed at a depth of 0.70m due to water inundation. The fill was light grey gritty silty clay with a reddish orange mottle. There were no finds. A furrow was excavated on the east and west side of the ditch. It had a wavelength of 9.50m and a maximum depth of 0.34m.
Easting
423430
Northing
570290
Grid Reference
NZ423430570290
Sources
<< HER 4839 >> Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/4, TMG 15969/17
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/3, TMG 15969/16
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/1, TMG 15969/14
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/12, TMG 15969/25
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/15, TMG 15969/28
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/11, TMG 15969/24
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/10, TMG 15969/23
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/5, TMG 15969/18; NMR aerial photograph 1977 MAZ/77024 frame 049; Warren Muncaster, January 2002, Field 45, Newcastle Great Park, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological evaluation; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, East Brunton Farm, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Excavation (interim report); Nick Hodgson, Jonathan McKelvey and Warren Muncaster, 2012, The Iron Age on the Northumberland Coastal Plain - excavations in advance of development 2002-2010 (Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums Archaeological Monograph No. 3, TWM Archaeology and the Arbeia Society)
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/3, TMG 15969/16
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/1, TMG 15969/14
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/12, TMG 15969/25
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/15, TMG 15969/28
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/11, TMG 15969/24
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/10, TMG 15969/23
Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/5, TMG 15969/18; NMR aerial photograph 1977 MAZ/77024 frame 049; Warren Muncaster, January 2002, Field 45, Newcastle Great Park, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological evaluation; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, East Brunton Farm, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Excavation (interim report); Nick Hodgson, Jonathan McKelvey and Warren Muncaster, 2012, The Iron Age on the Northumberland Coastal Plain - excavations in advance of development 2002-2010 (Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums Archaeological Monograph No. 3, TWM Archaeology and the Arbeia Society)