Bracken Hill, possible enclosure
Bracken Hill, possible enclosure
HER Number
5300
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Bracken Hill, possible enclosure
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Enclosure
Site Type: Specific
Rectilinear Enclosure
General Period
PREHISTORIC
Specific Period
Later Prehistoric -4,000 to 43
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
Possible rectilinear enclosure. Measures 100-150 metres x 60 metres. The western end may be open ended. A probable later track from Great Eppleton SMV (HER 259) crosses the end of the enclosure. A fieldwalking survey collected six pieces of flint (including an EBA blade, a late Neolithic or EBA blade and a post medieval gun flint from a flintlock firearm) along with post medieval tile and clay pipe.
Easting
436980
Northing
547490
Grid Reference
NZ436980547490
Sources
<< HER 5300 >> Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2002, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, p 28
Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Surve
re-Construct Geophysics, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Fluxgate Gradiometer Survey, p 6
Groundwork Archaeology Ltd, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Surve
re-Construct Geophysics, 2003, Cowpen Bewley to Warden Law Proposed Gas Pipeline, Fluxgate Gradiometer Survey, p 6