Cleadon Hill, army trenches

HER Number:
975

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon Hill, army trenches

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific:
Trench

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
On Cleadon Hill, west and south-west of the windmill, there are short, slightly curved, stretches of ditch with the upcast piled on one side. By oral tradition these were said to be army trenches, but the date of digging is unknown. Richard Harbottle said he had been present at their excavation, c. 1955, when he had been in a TA party being given a demonstration.

Easting:
389

Northing:
631

Grid Reference:
NZ389631

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 975 >> Pers. Comm. P.R.M. Harbottle, 1993, Cleadon Hill trenches -Historic Environment Record; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas