Hetton-le-Hole, Bracken Hill, possible enclosure

HER Number:
5300

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hetton-le-Hole, Bracken Hill, possible enclosure

Place:
Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
Rectilinear Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
Possible rectilinear enclosure. Measures 100-150 metres x 60 metres. The western end may be open ended. A probable later track from Great Eppleton SMV (HER 259) crosses the end of the enclosure. A fieldwalking survey collected six pieces of flint (including an EBA blade, a late Neolithic or EBA blade and a post medieval gun flint from a flintlock firearm) along with post medieval tile and clay pipe.

Easting:
3698

Northing:
4749

Grid Reference:
NZ36984749

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5300 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2002, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, p 28 Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Surve re-Construct Geophysics, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Fluxgate Gradiometer Survey, p 6