West Monkseaton, rectilinear enclosure
West Monkseaton, rectilinear enclosure
HER Number
5102
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
West Monkseaton, rectilinear enclosure
Place
West Monkseaton
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
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
Rectilinear enclosure shown on aerial photographs with a central circular feature. Enclosed homestead, likely to be of Iron Age date. Internal features are evident including partitions and a roundhouse. An entrance is evident on the north-east side. An old field boundary abuts the north east perimeter of the site.
Easting
433270
Northing
571470
Grid Reference
NZ433270571470
Sources
<< HER 5102 >> Aerial Photograph, Geonex Survey, 1991, ACC 18833 and 18866 -North Shields Library Local Studies
N. Stevenson, 2002, Newly Discovered Archaeological Sites... at Earsdon Village, North Tyneside, Northern Archaeology, Vol 19, 2002, pp 29-38
N. Stevenson, 2002, Newly Discovered Archaeological Sites... at Earsdon Village, North Tyneside, Northern Archaeology, Vol 19, 2002, pp 29-38