Brenkley, ditch

HER Number:
16170

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Brenkley, ditch

Place:
Brenkley

Map Sheet:
NZ27NW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Ditch

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
A single ditch (running NNE-SSW) was identified during an archaeological evaluation at the proposed site of Brenkley Additional Surface Mine. The ditch could not be accurately dated but is believed to be Iron Age in origin. It may relate to the probable Iron Age settlement immediately located to the north or it could relate to a medieval ditch known to the east. Extensive evidence of the upstanding remains of medieval ridge and furrow was seen in all trenches across the field.

Easting:
2189

Northing:
7526

Grid Reference:
NZ21897526

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Headland Archaeology Ltd. 2013, Brenkley Additional Surface Mine, Newcastle, Archaeological Evaluation