MONUMENT NO. 25519

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Earthwork remains of a triangular enclosure; supposedly a Roman signal station, but more likely to be a Medieval moat.

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(NZ 36730951) Moat (NR) (1)

"This looks like the remains of the signal station at the Tees terminal of the Roman road ....." (2)

A triangular enclosure the base of which is formed by steep natural slopes, and the other two arms by a strong ditch with the remains of a counterscarp bank. This has been destroyed on the SW side by ridge and furrow ploughing, which also covers the interior. The ditch, though shallow, has a `V-shaped' profile and a well-rounded angle. Published survey (25") revised. (3)

NZ 368095 Castle Hill. Moat, type A4, partly destroyed by the River Tees, but unlikely ever to have been moat on NE side. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1920

( 2) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" S V Morris April 1960

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RE 12-JAN-70

( 4) by H E Jean Le Patourel 1973 The moated sites of Yorkshire

The Society for Medieval Archaeology monograph series1 (1966) - 5 Page(s)119

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