Holystone, rectilinear enclosure
Holystone, rectilinear enclosure
HER Number
5470
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Holystone, rectilinear enclosure
Place
Holystone
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
Site Type: Specific
Ridge and Furrow
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Cropmark
Description
Presumed rectilinear enclosure identified on an aerial photograph of 1946. Lies just north of Holystone Farm and south of the Seaton Burn Wagonway (HER 1065).
This feature was investigated during trial trenching in 2018 (trenches 58 and 59), and found to be a combination of modern drainage cuts and pronounced furrows, which produced the rectilinear cropmark. It is located in a wet part of the field, and no archaeological features were identified.
This feature was investigated during trial trenching in 2018 (trenches 58 and 59), and found to be a combination of modern drainage cuts and pronounced furrows, which produced the rectilinear cropmark. It is located in a wet part of the field, and no archaeological features were identified.
Easting
430030
Northing
570830
Grid Reference
NZ430030570830
Sources
<< HER 5470 >> Pers. Comm. S. Speak, 2003, Tyne and Wear Museums
Aerial Photograph, NMR, 1946 106G/UK/1193, frame 4150
ASUD, 2015, Killingworth Moor, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment
ASUD, 2018, Killingworth Moor, North Tyneside: archaeological evaluation
Aerial Photograph, NMR, 1946 106G/UK/1193, frame 4150
ASUD, 2015, Killingworth Moor, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment
ASUD, 2018, Killingworth Moor, North Tyneside: archaeological evaluation