Throckley, Broom Hall, rectilinear enclosure

HER Number:
189

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Broom Hall, rectilinear enclosure

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
Rectilinear Enclosure

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
A probable rectilinear ditched enclosure, 47 m long, 42 m+ wide, with a single entrance visible. The south side of the suggested enclosure is not visible on the available aerial photo. An alternative interpretation of these features is as bellpits or mine shafts.

Easting:
1646

Northing:
6901

Grid Reference:
NZ16466901

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 189 >> Aerial Photograph, J.K. St. Joseph, 1959, Cropmarks, Callerton Lane End, 19 July, AAK 48 -Cambridge University Collection D.W. Harding, ed. 1975, Archaeology in the North: Gazetteer R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16 no. 10 and plate 1.5