Burradon (Farm Cottages) East, rectilinear enclosure

HER Number:
758

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Burradon (Farm Cottages) East, rectilinear enclosure

Place:
Burradon

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Enclosure

Site Type: Specific:
Rectilinear Enclosure

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
On the western edge of the copse (which lies on the west side of the A19, both copse and road having cut the enclosure) lies the northern and western sides of a ?rectilinear enclosure defined by a single dark cropmark; there are traces of a second ditch on the northern side. The interior contains two small circles and a further similar sized circle lies outside the enclosure to the north. This rectilinear ditched enclosure measures approximately 60 metres long and 45 metres wide, but no entrances are visible on aerial photographs.

Easting:
2839

Northing:
7311

Grid Reference:
NZ28397311

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 758 >> Aerial Photograph, North Tyneside MBC Technical Serv, 1974, 28 Aug, run 8 frame 502 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 50 no. 5 S. Speak, 1991, Burradon Farm Cottages East