Ryhope, Tunstall Vale, cropmarks

HER Number:
11607

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Tunstall Vale, cropmarks

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Feature

Site Type: Specific:
Natural Feature

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Aerial photographs show a possible rectilinear enclosure with curvilinear feature inside inside. Evaluation trenching in April 2014 recorded natural clay and sand at a depth of 0.35m below present ground level. Over the subsoil was a grey clay silt topsoil. No archaeological features were identified and no artefacts recovered. The cropmarks are the result of geological variation not prehistoric activity.

Easting:
4000

Northing:
5287

Grid Reference:
NZ40005287

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
J.H. Parker (Tyne and Wear Museums), 2008, Tunstall Vale, Ryhope, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk-based Assessment; Aerial Photographs, NMR, RAF/540/1792 Frames F22 0318-9, raf/540/1381 Frame F22 0332, RAF/58/B/40 Frame 5264, RAF/106G/UK/1229 Frame 6057, RAF/106G/UK/1229 Frames 6027-8, RAF/106G/UK/873 Frame 6204, OS/52R49 Frame 0033, OS/92058 Frames 194-5; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, Tunstall Vale, Ryhope, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - geophysical survey and archaeological evaluation