Hylton Castle, Castle Farm

HER Number:
16559

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton Castle, Castle Farm

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Farm

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18?

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Farm shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, c.1865. Named Castle Farm by 1898. An archaeological watching brief in late 2010 by ASUD revealed a wall, cellar, three stone surfaces and a well with a well-preserved wooden water pump. These features were associated with a small assemblage of pottery, glass, animal bone, wooden objects and architectural fragments of post-medieval date. These finds and features probably relate to the farm.

Easting:
3566

Northing:
5891

Grid Reference:
NZ35665891

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Former Hylton Castle Health Centre, Coleridge Road, Sunderland - archaeological monitoring; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1865;