Hylton Castle, pond

HER Number

7736

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton Castle, pond

Place

Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Fishpond

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

The outline of a possible infilled pond and various other associated features including walls, were detected by geophysical survey at this location south of the castle in 1994-5.

Easting

435790

Northing

558590

Grid Reference

NZ435790558590

Sources

Archaeology Section, Tyne and Wear Museums, 1995, Hylton Castle Gardens: earthwork and documentary survey. Unpublished report by Tyne and Wear Museums Figs 3 & 4 (T&W HER 1995/33).