Sunderland, Hasting Hill, circular features

HER Number:
111

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hasting Hill, circular features

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Ring Ditch

General Period:
Prehistoric

Specific Period:
Bronze Age

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
There are a number of circular and sub-circular features visible as cropmarks nearby the Hasting Hill interrupted ditch enclosure and possible cursus, or ceremonial pathway. Some have been described as ring ditches, while other sources have described them as barrows, or burial mounds. One stands out prominantly on aerial photographs outside the south end of the possible cursus. These remains are probably being steadily destroyed by ploughing. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT.

Easting:
357

Northing:
538

Grid Reference:
NZ357538

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 111 >> Aerial Photograph, N. McCord, 1971, Hasting Hill, A/083715/30-32 -Museum of Antiquities Aerial Photograph, D.W. Harding, Hasting Hill, 116/1-8, 117/2,4,6-8 -Dept. of Archaeology, Durham Aerial Photograph, Ordnance Survey 1974, Hasting Hill, 74.195, 074-75 A.F. Harding, 1980, Hasting Hill, 1980, Excavation report Pers comm. A.F. Harding, 1984 R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, no. 2, p. 70, pl. 7 Aerial Photograph, National Monuments Record, 1974, Hasting Hill, 1974/240-244 -Dept. of Archaeology Durham