West Monkseaton, rectilinear enclosure

HER Number:
5102

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
West Monkseaton, rectilinear enclosure

Place:
West Monkseaton

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
Rectilinear Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Iron Age

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Rectilinear enclosure shown on aerial photographs with a central circular feature. Enclosed homestead, likely to be of Iron Age date. Internal features are evident including partitions and a roundhouse. An entrance is evident on the north-east side. An old field boundary abuts the north east perimeter of the site.

Easting:
3327

Northing:
7147

Grid Reference:
NZ33277147

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5102 >> Aerial Photograph, Geonex Survey, 1991, ACC 18833 and 18866 -North Shields Library Local Studies N. Stevenson, 2002, Newly Discovered Archaeological Sites... at Earsdon Village, North Tyneside, Northern Archaeology, Vol 19, 2002, pp 29-38