East Brunton, ditch

HER Number:
4839

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
East Brunton, ditch

Place:
East Brunton

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Ditch

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Two adjacent stretches of ditches visible as cropmarks from the air. An evaluation in 2001 (TWM Archaeology) included one trench over each of these ditches. Trench 2 - no evidence was found relating to the cropmark. Natural subsoil was recorded at 53.71m OD. A furrow cut through the north part of the trench. Trench 3 - a ditch was recorded which coincided with the cropmark. Ridge and furrow was also recorded. Natural subsoil was recorded at 51.50m OD. The ditch ran north-south. It was 3.05m wide. Excavation was curtailed at a depth of 0.70m due to water inundation. The fill was light grey gritty silty clay with a reddish orange mottle. There were no finds. A furrow was excavated on the east and west side of the ditch. It had a wavelength of 9.50m and a maximum depth of 0.34m.

Easting:
2343

Northing:
7029

Grid Reference:
NZ23437029

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4839 >> Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/4, TMG 15969/17 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/3, TMG 15969/16 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/1, TMG 15969/14 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/12, TMG 15969/25 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/15, TMG 15969/28 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/11, TMG 15969/24 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/10, TMG 15969/23 Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 2370/5, TMG 15969/18; NMR aerial photograph 1977 MAZ/77024 frame 049; Warren Muncaster, January 2002, Field 45, Newcastle Great Park, Newcastle upon Tyne - archaeological evaluation; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2003, East Brunton Farm, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Excavation (interim report); Nick Hodgson, Jonathan McKelvey and Warren Muncaster, 2012, The Iron Age on the Northumberland Coastal Plain - excavations in advance of development 2002-2010 (Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums Archaeological Monograph No. 3, TWM Archaeology and the Arbeia Society)