Woolsington, Sunnyside, possible enclosure

HER Number:
17577

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Woolsington, Sunnyside, possible enclosure

Place:
Woolsington

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Possible Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure, visible on Google Earth from 2015. 42m x 43m. Hut circle, east facing entrance, possible projecting linear. There are other cropmarks in the same field. The potential farmstead was also identified in a geophysical survey conducted in 2018.

Easting:
2113

Northing:
7045

Grid Reference:
NZ21137045

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Personal comment, David Astbury, 2018; Google Earth 2015; Archaeological Services Durham University. 2018. Kingston Village, Newcastle upon Tyne, geophysical survey, report 4912; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019. Kingston Village, Newcastle upon Tyne: archaeological evaluation, report 4978; Durham University 2019. Kingston Village, Newcastle upon Tyne, heritage statement report 4906.