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484


Sunderland


Fulwell, Carley Hill, ditched enclosure


Fulwell


NZ35NE


Monument


Enclosure


Ditched Enclosure


Prehistoric


Neolithic


Find


In 1990 excavations revealed part of an irregular oval-shaped enclosure with a perimeter ditch 5-7 m wide, and 1 m deep except on the W side where it petered out. Charcoal from the ditch was dated to 1,840 +/- 80 b.c. Pollen analysis suggests that when the enclosure was built much of the surrounding area was covered with alder forest, and this was later cleared for cereal cultivation.


384


597


NZ384597



<< HER 484 >> N. Holbrook, 1990, Carley Hill, Excavation report

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