Longbenton, Salters Lane

HER Number:
19035

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Salters Lane

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Round House (Domestic)

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Iron Age

Form of Evidence:

Description:
This shallow penannular ring-gully c.5m in diameter was located northeast of a barrow (HER 19033), and was probably a drainage gully for an Iron Age roundhouse. It had a 0.7m wide entrance on the southeast side.

Easting:
26240

Northing:
71888

Grid Reference:
NZ2624071888

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
ASDU, 2020, Land east of Salters Lane, Longbenton, Tyne and Wear: post-excavation assessment. ASDU report 5231.