Killingworth, prehistoric enclosed settlement

HER Number:
17768

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, prehistoric enclosed settlement

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Settlement

Site Type: Specific:
Enclosed Settlement

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Iron Age

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
This site was identified by geophysical survey in 2017 and confirmed during trial trenching in 2018. It consists of a series of small pits or postholes and parallel ditches within an enclosure ditch lying to the south. In addition a small undated pit or posthole and an undated gully were identified to the southeast, possibly representing activity related to the settlement. The site is dated to the Iron Age or early Roman period based on the presence of a small quantity of briquetage/pottery/fired clay and the charred plant macrofossil assemblages from environmental samples which indicate domestic occupation. The site may be a continuation of the site located to the northeast at West Shiremoor (HER 17560).

Easting:
2958

Northing:
7144

Grid Reference:
NZ29587144

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2017. Killingworth Moor, North Tyneside: geophysical and earthwork surveys, report 4617 Archaeological Services Durham University, 2018. Killingworth Moor, North Tyneside: archaeological evaluation, report 4687