Stella, rectilinear enclosure
Stella, rectilinear enclosure
HER Number
637
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Stella, rectilinear enclosure
Place
Stella
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
Site Type: Specific
Site
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
Aerial photographs of 1972 show cropmarks in a field between Stella Lane and Old Hexham Road, south of Stella. These have been interpreted as part of rectilinear enclosure with widely spaced double ditches, but this is disputed.
Easting
416850
Northing
563800
Grid Reference
NZ416850563800
Sources
<< HER 637 >> Aerial Photograph, N. McCord,1972, Stella, 17 July A/083290/18, 19 -Museum of Antiquities
D.W. Harding, ed. 1975, Gazetteer 1975
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 4, p. 120 Plate 2.2.5
D.W. Harding, ed. 1975, Gazetteer 1975
R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 23 no. 4, p. 120 Plate 2.2.5