English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
436370
EASTING2
3643
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
549340
NORTHING2
4902
parish
Warden Law
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Warden Law
Description
A broad irregular linear depression runs north-south across an area of moorland. Possibly part of a hollow way or packhorse track.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
A broad irregular linear depression runs north-south across an area of moorland. Possibly part of a hollow way or packhorse track.
Site Name
Warden Law, possible hollow-way
Site Type: Specific
Hollow Way
HER Number
5304
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Sources
<< HER 5304 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
436400
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
548500
parish
Hetton
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Great Eppleton
Description
A Late Neolithic or EBA side-end scraper was found during fieldwalking along the line of a proposed gas pipeline.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
A Late Neolithic or EBA side-end scraper was found during fieldwalking along the line of a proposed gas pipeline.
Site Name
Great Eppleton, flint scraper
Site Type: Specific
Scraper
HER Number
5303
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5303 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
259
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
436800
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MATERIAL
Ceramic
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547700
parish
Hetton
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Great Eppleton
Description
One piece of worked flint and three sherds of medieval pottery were collected during fieldwalking along the line of a gas pipeline. Two sherds were 12th century or 13th century, the third was 14th century in date.
Site Type: Broad
Artefact Scatter
SITEDESC
One piece of worked flint and three sherds of medieval pottery were collected during fieldwalking along the line of a gas pipeline. Two sherds were C12 or C13, the third was C14 in date. Dated C12-14th.
Site Name
Great Eppleton, medieval pottery
Site Type: Specific
Artefact Scatter
HER Number
5302
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5302 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
437000
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MATERIAL
Flint
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547000
parish
Hetton
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Neolithic -4,000 to -2,200
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Description
A flint flake of Late Neolithic or Bronze Age date was recovered during filedwalking along the line of a proposed gas pipeline.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
A flint flake of Late Neolithic or Bronze Age date was recovered during fieldwalking along the line of a proposed gas pipeline.
Site Name
Hetton-le-Hole, flint flake
Site Type: Specific
Flake
HER Number
5301
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5301 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
436980
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547490
parish
Hetton
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Description
Possible rectilinear enclosure. Measures 100-150 metres x 60 metres. The western end may be open ended. A probable later track from Great Eppleton SMV (HER 259) crosses the end of the enclosure. A fieldwalking survey collected six pieces of flint (including an EBA blade, a late Neolithic or EBA blade and a post medieval gun flint from a flintlock firearm) along with post medieval tile and clay pipe.
SITEASS
Geophysical survey of this site revealed ploughed-out ridge and furrow cutting across two linear anomalies spaced 100m apart, which may be enclosure ditches. A possible large pit was detected to the east of the ridge and furrow and a broad curvilinear anomaly to the north, which may be a ditch, or natural silting. The interpretation of the two parallel ditch alignments is uncertain, but they could represent a former trackway.
Site Type: Broad
Enclosure
SITEDESC
Possible rectilinear enclosure. Measures 100-150m x 60m. The western end may be open ended. A probable later track from Great Eppleton SMV (SMR 259) crosses the end of the enclosure. A fieldwalking survey collected six pieces of flint (including an EBA blade, a late Neolithic or EBA blade and a post medieval gun flint from a flintlock firearm) along with post medieval tile and clay pipe.
Site Name
Bracken Hill, possible enclosure
Site Type: Specific
Rectilinear Enclosure
HER Number
5300
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Sources
<< HER 5300 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2002, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, p 28
Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Surve
re-Construct Geophysics, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Fluxgate Gradiometer Survey, p 6
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Base, 5 x 9 inches, with plain sides, found in, or before 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort. VIT/IR(I)B/US. 'To the Vitires'. There is a figure of a long-tailed quadruped, resembling a sheep. It is neither a rabbit, as suggested by Bruce, nor a hare, as suggested by Keune or Heichelheim. The stone is weathered and the corners chipped. Museum of Antiquities 1965.7.7.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Base, 5 x 9 inches, with plain sides, found in, or before 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort. VIT/IR(I)B/US. 'To the Vitires'. There is a figure of a long-tailed quadruped, resembling a sheep. It is neither a rabbit, as suggested by Bruce, nor a hare, as suggested by Keune or Heichelheim. The stone is weathered and the corners chipped. Museum of Antiquities 1965.7.7.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Stone Base
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
5299
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5299 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 442, no. 1336
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
C. Bruce, 1853, Handbook to the Roman Wall, second edition, p399
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain, Vol 1, no. 230, p81, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne, 245
J. Haverfield, 1918, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XV, p40
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Altar, 5 x 10 inches, found in, or before, 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on site of a temple. On left side long handled patera and jug, on right side axe and sacrificial knife. DEO/VETRI/SANGTO. 'To the holy god Vetris'. The altar had been burnt and the corner of the base damaged. Criss-cross pattern on front and sides of base. Museum of Antiquities 1965.7.6.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Altar, 5 x 10 inches, found in, or before, 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on site of a temple. On left side long handled patera and jug, on right side axe and sacrificial knife. DEO/VETRI/SANGTO. 'To the holy god Vetris'. The altar had been burnt and the corner of the base damaged. Criss-cross pattern on front and sides of base. Museum of Antiquities 1965.7.6.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
5298
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5298 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 442 no. 1335
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
C. Bruce, 1853, Handbook to the Roman Wall, second edition, p112
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, p81 in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
J. Haverfield, 1918, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 3, Vol XV, p40
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Altar, 5 x 8 inches with plain sides, found in, or before 1789 in north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on site of a temple. Now at Society of Antiquaries, London. DEO M/ARTI LENU/ANUS U(OTUM) S(OLUIT). 'To the god Mars, Lenuanus fulfilled his vow'.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Altar, 5 x 8 inches with plain sides, found in, or before 1789 in north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on site of a temple. Now at Society of Antiquaries, London. DEO M/ARTI LENU/ANUS U(OTUM) S(OLUIT). 'To the god Mars, Lenuanus fulfilled his vow'.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
5297
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5297 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 441 no. 1332
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
C. Bruce, 1853, Handbook to the Roman Wall, second edition, p112
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, p81 in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
208,5266
DAY1
10
District
Newcastle
Easting
421600
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564700
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Place
Benwell
Description
Altar, 7 x 11 inches with plain sides found in, or before, 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on the site of a temple. Now at the Society of Antiquaries, London. DEO M/ARTI V/ICTOR(I) VIND(EX) U(OTUM) S(OLUIT) 'To the god Mars Victor, Vindex fulfilled his vow'.
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
SITEDESC
Altar, 7 x 11 inches with plain sides found in, or before, 1789 in the north part of Benwell Fort, possibly on the site of a temple. Now at the Society of Antiquaries, London. DEO M/ARTI V/ICTOR(I) VIND(EX) U(OTUM) S(OLUIT) 'To the god Mars Victor, Vindex fulfilled his vow'.
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Site Type: Specific
Altar
HER Number
5296
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 5296 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 441 no. 1333
M.J.T. Lewis, 1966, Temples in Roman Britain, p 120
J. Brand, 1789, A History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 606
C. Bruce, 1853, Handbook to the Roman Wall, second edition, p111
YEAR1
2003
English, British
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
423340
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555200
parish
Lamesley
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Kibblesworth
Description
Rifle range and 200, 500 and 600 yard positions shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1915. The fourth edition map shows only the bank behind the targets. A site visit in 1992 showed that the brick lined pit from which the targets were raised and lowered is in fact still present as well as the "stop bank" behind. Although the sides of the pit were beginning to cave in, the whole site remains relatively complete and even includes baulks of wood sticking out of the west side of the pit, possibly the remains of the wooden framework to which the targets were attached. The lead core of a .303 bullet was found in the stop bank. There is a small windowless brick and concrete building with a steel door in the wooded area. This is probably an ammunition store for the rifle range. The rifle range was most likely set up by the Beamish Rifle Volunteers who were absorbed into 8th Battalion D.L.I Territorials around 1910. It is probably pre WW1 because at their longest, WW1 ranges were only 500 yards, due to regulations. Similar examples in Barnard Castle and Durham.
Site Type: Broad
Military Training Site
SITEDESC
Rifle range and 200, 500 and 600 yard positions shown on OS third edition of 1915. The fourth edition map shows only the bank behind the targets. A site visit in 1992 showed that the brick lined pit from which the targets were raised and lowered is in fact still present as well as the "stop bank" behind. Although the sides of the pit were beginning to cave in, the whole site remains relatively complete and even includes baulks of wood sticking out of the west side of the pit, possibly the remains of the wooden framework to which the targets were attached. The lead core of a .303 bullet was found in the stop bank. There is a small windowless brick and concrete building with a steel door in the wooded area. This is probably an ammunition store for the rifle range. The rifle range was most likely set up by the Beamish Rifle Volunteers who were absorbed into 8th Battalion D.L.I Territorials around 1910. It is probably pre WW1 because at their longest, WW1 ranges were only 500 yards, due to regulations. Similar examples in Barnard Castle and Durham.
Site Name
Kibblesworth, Rifle Range
Site Type: Specific
Firing Range
HER Number
5295
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5295 >> B. Harbottle, 1992, Scope of evidence
3rd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1915
Pers. Comm. Steve Shennan, 1992, DLI
SURVIVAL
80-90%
YEAR1
2003