LIDAR (DSM, 1m) © Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
High Knowes, Alnham, Northumberland.
High Knowes palisaded settlements, field system, linear boundary and enclosed settlement.
High Knowes A is located on the well drained SW shoulder of High Knowes, with panoramic views to the NE and E, but more restricted vistas in other directions. The settlement consists of a roughly circular double palisaded enclosure containing four timber-built house foundations, elements of which were excavated in 1962-3.
High Knowes B is situated on the SW shoulder of High Knowes commanding panoramic views to the E, and well placed to overlook the radially planned and enclosed field system. This settlement is sub-oval in plan and enclosed by a double palisade which now appears as a broad raised band of verdant vegetation up to 8m wide and 0.5m high, representing displaced upcast from the palisade trenches. The palisade circuit is complete apart from an area of disturbance in the SW which may be the site of the entrance. Internally the settlement contains the remains of thirteen complete or mostly complete house stances, two of which are for ring-ditch houses, and the remainder are of the ring-groove type. Six other fragmentary lengths of ring-groove trenches are scattered about the settlement suggesting the presence of further buildings.
Scheduled Monument: 1020254
High Knowes palisaded settlements, field system, linear boundary and enclosed settlement.
High Knowes A is located on the well drained SW shoulder of High Knowes, with panoramic views to the NE and E, but more restricted vistas in other directions. The settlement consists of a roughly circular double palisaded enclosure containing four timber-built house foundations, elements of which were excavated in 1962-3.
High Knowes B is situated on the SW shoulder of High Knowes commanding panoramic views to the E, and well placed to overlook the radially planned and enclosed field system. This settlement is sub-oval in plan and enclosed by a double palisade which now appears as a broad raised band of verdant vegetation up to 8m wide and 0.5m high, representing displaced upcast from the palisade trenches. The palisade circuit is complete apart from an area of disturbance in the SW which may be the site of the entrance. Internally the settlement contains the remains of thirteen complete or mostly complete house stances, two of which are for ring-ditch houses, and the remainder are of the ring-groove type. Six other fragmentary lengths of ring-groove trenches are scattered about the settlement suggesting the presence of further buildings.
Scheduled Monument: 1020254
LIDAR (DSM, 1m) © Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
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