LIDAR (DSM, 1m) copyright Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
Location: NZ 2249 7227
Tyne & Wear Sitelines: 1330
Evaluation in 2015 identified two enclosed settlements with a possible third to the east.
Archaeological excavation of two prehistoric enclosures took place in 2017.
Enclosure 1, which survives as a low earthwork (visible on lidar above) was not at threat from development and so was left in-situ.
Enclosure 2 was trapezium-shaped and enclosed four roundhouses . The entrance was on the southern side. The enclosure ditch measured between 3.5m and 5.5m wide and was between 1.43m and 2.13m deep.
Enclosure 3 (which extended beyond the development site) enclosed eight roundhouses. The entrance was in the south-east.
Cox, S. and Gaunt, J. (2018). Enclosed Iron Age settlements on land east of Morley Hill Farm, Hazlerigg, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Headland Archaeology.
Tyne & Wear Sitelines: 1330
Evaluation in 2015 identified two enclosed settlements with a possible third to the east.
Archaeological excavation of two prehistoric enclosures took place in 2017.
Enclosure 1, which survives as a low earthwork (visible on lidar above) was not at threat from development and so was left in-situ.
Enclosure 2 was trapezium-shaped and enclosed four roundhouses . The entrance was on the southern side. The enclosure ditch measured between 3.5m and 5.5m wide and was between 1.43m and 2.13m deep.
Enclosure 3 (which extended beyond the development site) enclosed eight roundhouses. The entrance was in the south-east.
Cox, S. and Gaunt, J. (2018). Enclosed Iron Age settlements on land east of Morley Hill Farm, Hazlerigg, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Headland Archaeology.
Open-cast coal mining & Northumberlandia
LIDAR (DSM, 1m) copyright Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
Northumberlandia (the “Lady of the North”) is a huge land art sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England. It is in the care of Northumberland Wildlife Trust.
Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth from neighbouring Shotton Surface Mine, it is 34 metres (112 feet) high and 400 metres (1,300 feet) long, set in a 19 hectares (47 acres) public park. Its creators claim that it is the largest land sculpture in female form in the world.
Northumberlandia
3D model of Northumberlandia on sketchfab
Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth from neighbouring Shotton Surface Mine, it is 34 metres (112 feet) high and 400 metres (1,300 feet) long, set in a 19 hectares (47 acres) public park. Its creators claim that it is the largest land sculpture in female form in the world.
Northumberlandia
3D model of Northumberlandia on sketchfab
LIDAR (DSM, 1m) copyright Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
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