Callerton Lane End: incomplete curvilinear enclosure

HER Number:
190

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Callerton Lane End: incomplete curvilinear enclosure

Place:
Callerton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
Curvilinear Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Part of a probably curvilinear ditched enclosure 126 m in diameter, visible on aerial photographs as a crop mark, but lacking evidence for entrances or internal features. May be associated with a neighbouring rectilinear enclosure.

Easting:
160

Northing:
689

Grid Reference:
NZ160689

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 190 >> Aerial Photograph, J.K. St. Joseph, 1959, Cropmarks, Callerton Lane End, 19 July 1959, AAK 47 -Cambridge University Collection; R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16, no. 8; The Archaeological Practice, 1996.Callerton Lane End, Archaeological Evaluation.