Castle Hill

HER Number

9277

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Castle Hill

Place

Crawcrook

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Feature

Site Type: Specific

Natural Feature

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

To the north of Castle Hill Farm is a flat-topped hill, overgrown with gorse and exhibiting evidence of recent disturbance and tipping. The hill has commanding views in all directions and it is likely that this is Castle Hill. There is however no evidence on the ground, nor in historical documents or publications that a castle stood on the site.

Easting

412590

Northing

564150

Grid Reference

NZ412590564150

Sources

Wardell Armstrong, 2007, Crawcrook Quarry - Consolidating Planning Application and Environmental Statement, p 13.4