Penshaw Hill, trackway

HER Number

16665

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Hill, trackway

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Trackway

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Physical Evidence

Description

High level trackway providing access to quarries (HER 3092). First shown on the tithe plan of 1848 and joins Hill Lane to the SW to run to Old Penshaw. Track is post-medieval but might modify parts of the early lower ramparts of the potential hillfort. Measures appox 2m across. May also be assocaited with tracks maintained for visitors to the monument after its construction.

Easting

433400

Northing

554290

Grid Reference

NZ433400554290

Sources

Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2010, Historic Environment Survey for National Trust Properties, Tyne and Wear - Penshaw Monument