Callerton Lane End, pit alignment
Callerton Lane End, pit alignment
HER Number
193
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Callerton Lane End, pit alignment
Place
Callerton
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Pit Alignment
Site Type: Specific
Pit Alignment
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
A possible linear feature, showing as a series of widely spaced pits aligned north north-east - south south-west, visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. A typical pit might measure 3 metres across. These could be bell pits.
Easting
416100
Northing
568800
Grid Reference
NZ416100568800
Sources
<< HER 193 >> Aerial Photograph, J.K. St. Joseph, 1959, Cropmarks, Callerton Lane End, 19 July 1959, AAK 47 -Cambridge University Collection
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16, no. 8
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 16, no. 8