West Hall, circular cropmark

HER Number

11698

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Hall, circular cropmark

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Archaeological Feature

Site Type: Specific

Site

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

Circular cropmark seen on Tyne and Wear County Council aerial photographs nos. 11817 and 816 by Roger Miket. Nothing of this nature has been noted on other photographs of this area. The location is close to that of a former anti aircraft battery, which could be possibly related.

Easting

439500

Northing

561500

Grid Reference

NZ439500561500

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 762563; R. Miket, 1984, The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear, p. 85, No. 3