Ryhope, Tunstall Vale, cropmarks

HER Number

11607

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, Tunstall Vale, cropmarks

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Feature

Site Type: Specific

Natural Feature

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

Aerial photographs show a possible rectilinear enclosure with curvilinear feature inside inside. Evaluation trenching in April 2014 recorded natural clay and sand at a depth of 0.35m below present ground level. Over the subsoil was a grey clay silt topsoil. No archaeological features were identified and no artefacts recovered. The cropmarks are the result of geological variation not prehistoric activity.

Easting

440000

Northing

552870

Grid Reference

NZ440000552870

Sources

J.H. Parker (Tyne and Wear Museums), 2008, Tunstall Vale, Ryhope, Sunderland - Archaeological Desk-based Assessment; Aerial Photographs, NMR, RAF/540/1792 Frames F22 0318-9, raf/540/1381 Frame F22 0332, RAF/58/B/40 Frame 5264, RAF/106G/UK/1229 Frame 6057, RAF/106G/UK/1229 Frames 6027-8, RAF/106G/UK/873 Frame 6204, OS/52R49 Frame 0033, OS/92058 Frames 194-5; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, Tunstall Vale, Ryhope, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - geophysical survey and archaeological evaluation