Damhead Wood rectilinear enclosure
Damhead Wood rectilinear enclosure
HER Number
173
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Damhead Wood rectilinear enclosure
Place
Damhead Wood
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Enclosure
Site Type: Specific
Rectilinear Enclosure
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
A rectilinear double-ditched enclosure 79 m long and 42 m wide with some internal features and an entrance visible on aerial photographs. The top of a beehive quern was recovered from this site, and in 1988 was in the possession of a resident of Old Sunniside. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT
Easting
419200
Northing
561100
Grid Reference
NZ419200561100
Sources
<< HER 173 >> Aerial Photograph, J.K. St. Joseph, 1952, - J x 37-39- Museum of Antiquities Cambridge University Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord,1971, Winlaton Mill, 14 July, A/076378/1-6 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1971, Winlaton Mill, 3 Aug., A/076715. 31, 32 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord,1971, Winlaton Mill, A/076690/11-14 -Museum of Antiquities
A.J. Challis & D.W. Harding, 1975, Later Prehistory from Trent to Tyne, British Archaeological Report, Vol. 20, 49, 169
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 2, and plate 2.3
Aerial Photograph, Cambridge University Aerial Photo Collection - 1972, crop marks, 0.75 m West of Whickham, 20 July, 78/194613
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord,1971, Winlaton Mill, 14 July, A/076378/1-6 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1971, Winlaton Mill, 3 Aug., A/076715. 31, 32 -Museum of Antiquities
Aerial Photograph, N. McCord,1971, Winlaton Mill, A/076690/11-14 -Museum of Antiquities
A.J. Challis & D.W. Harding, 1975, Later Prehistory from Trent to Tyne, British Archaeological Report, Vol. 20, 49, 169
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 2, and plate 2.3
Aerial Photograph, Cambridge University Aerial Photo Collection - 1972, crop marks, 0.75 m West of Whickham, 20 July, 78/194613