Penshaw, Penshaw Hill, trackway

HER Number:
16665

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Hill, trackway

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road

Site Type: Specific:
Trackway

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

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:
3340

Northing:
5429

Grid Reference:
NZ33405429

Lats/Lons:

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