Hedley Hall, mound
Hedley Hall, mound
HER Number
647
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Hedley Hall, mound
Place
Hedley Hall
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Mound
Site Type: Specific
Mound
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This site is traditionally known as Fox Park, Beamish, but the name Fox Park is not shown on modern 1:10,000 maps. The mound was first recorded in the Victoria County History's list of barrows, but is now thought probably a natural feature.
Easting
422350
Northing
556060
Grid Reference
NZ422350556060
Sources
<< HER 647 >> W. Page ed. 1905, Ancient Earthworks Victoria County History, Durham, Vol. I, p. 363
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1954, U mound (prob. natural) - Not an antiquity
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in County Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series, Vol. 5, p. 9 no. 40
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, JHO, 1954, U mound (prob. natural) - Not an antiquity
R. Young, 1980, An Inventory of Barrows in County Durham, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, New series, Vol. 5, p. 9 no. 40