Callerton Lane End: incomplete rectilinear enclosure

HER Number:
191

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Callerton Lane End: incomplete rectilinear enclosure

Place:
Callerton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
Rectilinear Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Perhaps half a rectilinear ditched enclosure 42 m in length, visible on aerial photographs as a crop mark, but lacking evidence for entrances or internal features. May be associated with a neighbouring curvilinear enclosure.

Easting:
1610

Northing:
6895

Grid Reference:
NZ16106895

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 191 >> Aerial Photograph, J.K. St. Jospeh, 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.