Town End Farm, Bronze Age Ditch
Town End Farm, Bronze Age Ditch
HER Number
17817
Site Name
Town End Farm, Bronze Age Ditch
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Ditch
Site Type: Specific
Ditch
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Bronze Age -2,600 to -700
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Description
A north-west to south-east aligned ditch which measured 10m> x 2.6m wide and 0.22m deep. The ditch was recut by a feature 18m> x 5.4m wide and 0.2m deep. Alder stem charcoal was obtained from environmental samples of the ditch. Charcoal, obtained from the ditch during the evaluation, provided a late Bronze Age radiocarbon date (1220-1020cal BC).
Easting
433900
Northing
558950
Grid Reference
NZ433900558950
Sources
Archaeological Research Services, 2019, IAMP One Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, archaeological monitoring