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Multi-periodSite Name: Copers Wood earthwork, Winlaton Mill Alternative Name: Winlaton Mill earthwork.Country: England County: Tyne and Wear Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Blaydon Nearest Village: Winlaton Mill
Map Ref: NZ18456061
Latitude: 54.939819N Longitude: 1.713546W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear HER 5097. Text adapted and clarified from the HER.
In 1995 an earthwork on the wooded scarp of the River Derwent near Winlaton Mill was reported by Mr. Bill Farrell as a probable Roman Fort. David Cranstone visited the site in May 1998. The site has not been excavated.
The most prominent feature is a bank in the east end of the wood, almost parallel to the Derwent scarp. This appears to return northwest at its north end, but is damaged here by former agriculture as it passes into a paddock at the end of the wood, and is then cut off by the former railway. The narrow strip between the bank and scarp edge is occupied by two corrugations parallel to the bank. To the south the bank breaks down into a terrace with a downslope to the south-east. From the southern point, two or three corrugations run to the north-west inside the edge of the wood forming a possible return.
The site would have controlled the lowest ford on the River Derwent, and an important fishery.
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