Hedley Hall, mound

HER Number:
647

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Hedley Hall, mound

Place:
Hedley Hall

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Mound

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This site is traditionally known as Fox Park, Beamish, but the name Fox Park is not shown on modern 1:10,000 maps. The mound was first recorded in the Victoria County History's list of barrows, but is now thought probably a natural feature.

Easting:
2235

Northing:
5606

Grid Reference:
NZ22355606

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 647 >> W. Page ed. 1905, Ancient Earthworks Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 363 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1954, U mound (prob. natural) - Not an antiquity R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in County Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series, Vol. 5, p. 9 no. 40