Brenkley, ditch
Brenkley, ditch
HER Number
              16170
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Brenkley, ditch
          Place
              Brenkley
          Map Sheet
              NZ27NW
          Class
              Monument <By Form>
          Site Type: Broad
              Ditch
          Site Type: Specific
              Ditch
          General Period
              PREHISTORIC
          Specific Period
              Iron Age -800 to 43
          Form of Evidence
              Physical Evidence
          Description
              A single ditch (running NNE-SSW) was identified during an archaeological evaluation at the proposed site of Brenkley Additional Surface Mine. The ditch could not be accurately dated but is believed to be Iron Age in origin. It may relate to the probable Iron Age settlement immediately located to the north or it could relate to a medieval ditch known to the east. Extensive evidence of the upstanding remains of medieval ridge and furrow was seen in all trenches across the field.
          Easting
              421890
          Northing
              575260
          Grid Reference
              NZ421890575260
    Sources
              Headland Archaeology Ltd. 2013, Brenkley Additional Surface Mine, Newcastle, Archaeological Evaluation