Houghton-le-Spring, earthworks at Kirkland or Kirk Lee
Houghton-le-Spring, earthworks at Kirkland or Kirk Lee
HER Number
268
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Houghton-le-Spring, earthworks at Kirkland or Kirk Lee
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Earthwork
Site Type: Specific
Earthwork
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Levelled Earthwork
Description
Descriptions of earthworks at this location have been provided since the early 19th century and variously claimed as prehistoric, Roman and medieval Church or Religious House". By 1952 the Ordnance Survey reported that almost the whole of the earthwork had been covered over by debris. Recent evaluation of fhe small portion remaining (at NZ 3476 4987) produced no evidence for occupation.
Easting
434780
Northing
549870
Grid Reference
NZ434780549870
Sources
<< HER 268 >> R. Surtees, 1816, History of...Durham, I, p. 148; W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest,Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, I, p. 61;
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Earthworks (remains of); R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 52, no. 1; S. Speak, 1993, The Kirk Lee, Houghton-le-Spring; S. Speak, 1993, The Kirk Lee, Houghton-le-Spring: Archaeological Excavation; Newcastle University, 2011-12, Higher Education Field Academy North East Project Report
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1952, Earthworks (remains of); R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 52, no. 1; S. Speak, 1993, The Kirk Lee, Houghton-le-Spring; S. Speak, 1993, The Kirk Lee, Houghton-le-Spring: Archaeological Excavation; Newcastle University, 2011-12, Higher Education Field Academy North East Project Report