Circular pits approx 10m in diameter and between 1-1.5m deep with upcast banks located in Dawson's Plantation. Function unknown. May be industrial and may predate the plantation. Does not look to be natural.

Block of probably ancient semi-natural woodland. Appears on Greenwood's 1820 map of the area but recent species analysis suggests it may be Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland. There is also a possible reference to the site in accounts from the civil war seige in 1644.

Very faint traces of parallel line features on the flat area just south-east of the monument which might be ridge and furrow. Linears run east to west and measure approx 2m in width. Only seen on the ground, not easily visible on aerial photographs. Located within bounds of upper rampart.

Township boundary banks first detailed on first edition map and annotated R.H for right side of hedge. Boundary no longer maintained after 1898. Bank survives as only a very ephemeral earthwork, greatest at its southern extent where it stands 0.5m high but peters out before the path to the east. Measures 2m wide at western end.

Circular enclosure visible on aerial photographs and on the ground. The south-east side is more pronounced that the north-west side. Survived as a raised bank, standing c.0.4m high, although not as well preserved on the north-west side. Measures approx. 10m across. No indication of function. Located in lowland area at the base of Penshaw Hill - may be stock related.

High level trackway providing access to quarries (HER 3092). First shown on the tithe plan of 1848 and joins Hill Lane to the SW to run to Old Penshaw. Track is post-medieval but might modify parts of the early lower ramparts of the potential hillfort. Measures appox 2m across. May also be assocaited with tracks maintained for visitors to the monument after its construction.

Penshaw Hill is a possible Iron Age multi-vallate hillfort overlooking the River Wear. It appears to comprise of three concentric rings of defence; the best preserved of which area on the south and the south-east of the hill where the drop is steepest. Fragments of the earthworks also re-appear on the north-west side of the monument. The best preserved of the earthworks are those half way down the hill; these comprise of a berm, bank and ditch. The lower defences have been considerably altered by the later trackway. The earthworks enclose a 5 acre area on top of the knoll. No dating evidence for the hillfort exists, the hill was subject to quarrying activity in the nineteenth century (and probably earlier) which may relate to the earthworks. Local tradition says that the hill got these "rings" from the legendary Lambton Worm which coiled around a hill [Worm Hill at Fatfield is another suggestion for the site of the legend].

Limestone quarry on west side of Penshaw Monument, just below escarpment. Possible free stone quarry or stone for local buildings. Shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1856. Disused in 1898.

1827 Scotch Chapel by John Dobson. Replaced in the 1890s by the New Scotch Church now Hebron Church. Original congregation migrated from Rope Walk Presbyterian Chapel (HER 16662) which closed in 1827.

Rope Walk Presbyterian Chapel, 1778-1827 Following closure the congregation moved to Scotch Church, North Bridge Street later (HER 16662). Exact location unknown.