Black Callerton, polygonal single ditched enclosure
Black Callerton, polygonal single ditched enclosure
HER Number
4841
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Black Callerton, polygonal single ditched enclosure
Place
Black Callerton
Map Sheet
NZ17SE
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 polygonal, single-ditched rectilinear enclosure with interior round houses is visible as a cropmark. A ditched enclosure, approximately D-shaped and of probable Iron Age or Roman date seen as a cropmark. The enclosure is in a hill-top position but its east side has been cut by a farm track running beside a field boundary. Defined by a single ditch and measures 89m x 93m approximately.
Easting
417730
Northing
570350
Grid Reference
NZ417730570350
Sources
<< HER 4841 >> Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 1770/1, TMG 15976/45