Old Ravensworth, earthworks

HER Number:
641

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Old Ravensworth, earthworks

Place:
Ravensworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Earthwork

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
On the hillside north north-east of Old Ravensworth there were supposed to be earthwork remains of a rectilinear enclosure with linear features to the north, west amd south. These were presumably banks, perhaps field boundaries. The whole site has been included in the opencast site of Banesley Lane.

Easting:
230

Northing:
579

Grid Reference:
NZ230579

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 641 >> Aerial Photograph, R. Selkirk, 1977, Old Ravensworth, 11-Nov - Dept. Archaeology Durham