Hedley Hall, farmstead

HER Number:
642

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Hedley Hall, farmstead

Place:
Hedley Hall

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In 1977 Selkirk claimed a suspected Roman Fort visible as very prominent earthworks on aerial photographs, perhaps double-ditched and with a suspected 'vicus' to the north east. With some stonework visible there. The Ordnance Survey reinterpreted it as not a Roman fort but a misidentification of partly enclosed ridge and furrow. It also seems likely that the remains incorporate those of a medieval or later farmstead or hamlet. The site was subsequently ploughed almost smooth, but possible traces of building survive, and these will be excluded from planned forest planting.

Easting:
218

Northing:
559

Grid Reference:
NZ218559

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 642 >> J. Fryer, 1803, Gibside etc. D/St/P6/1/6 -Durham Records Office, Strathmore Collection Aerial Photograph, R. Selkirk, 1977, Hedley Hall, 17 November S 35, 36 , Dept. Archaeology Durham Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Alleged Roman fort - Rigg & Furrow & boundary banks