Black Callerton, polygonal single ditched enclosure

HER Number:
4841

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Black Callerton, polygonal single ditched enclosure

Place:
Black Callerton

Map Sheet:
NZ17SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Curvilinear Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
D Shaped Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Iron Age?

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
This polygonal, single-ditched rectilinear enclosure with interior round houses is visible as a cropmark. A ditched enclosure, approximately D-shaped and of probable Iron Age or Roman date seen as a cropmark. The enclosure is in a hill-top position but its east side has been cut by a farm track running beside a field boundary. Defined by a single ditch and measures 89m x 93m approximately.

Easting:
1773

Northing:
7035

Grid Reference:
NZ17737035

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4841 >> Aerial Photograph, NMR, T. Gates, 1994, NZ 1770/1, TMG 15976/45