Town End Farm, Bronze Age Ditch

HER Number:
17817

District:

Site Name:
Town End Farm, Bronze Age Ditch

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Ditch

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
A north-west to south-east aligned ditch which measured 10m> x 2.6m wide and 0.22m deep. The ditch was recut by a feature 18m> x 5.4m wide and 0.2m deep. Alder stem charcoal was obtained from environmental samples of the ditch. Charcoal, obtained from the ditch during the evaluation, provided a late Bronze Age radiocarbon date (1220-1020cal BC).

Easting:
3390

Northing:
5895

Grid Reference:
NZ33905895

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services, 2019, IAMP One Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, archaeological monitoring