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<< Our Photo Pages >> Fawns Moated Site - Misc. Earthwork in England in Northumberland

Submitted by Anne T on Sunday, 17 February 2019  Page Views: 823

Multi-periodSite Name: Fawns Moated Site
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.783 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Northumberland Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Hexham / Morpeth  Nearest Village: Kirkwhelpington
Map Ref: NZ0072385342
Latitude: 55.162399N  Longitude: 1.990192W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Anne T visited on 14th Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Fawns Medieval Moated Site: "One of the few surviving examples in Northumberland and exceptionally well preserved" is how Historic England describe this site. As the third stop on our short circular walk to the east of Kirkwhelpington, this was a nice site to stop and look at. Easier to see the layout from the aerial photographs at home. Just a shame this site is on private land, as I'd have loved to have walked over the site to take a closer look. There is much evidence of medieval field boundaries and rig and furrow ploughing all around here. The land looks rich and fertile, with magnificent sheep grazing in the fields.

Fawns Moated Site
Fawns Moated Site submitted by Anne T : First view of the main part of this medieval moated site, with its lumps and bumps. Sadly on private land adjacent to the farm, and we could find no-one to ask permission to take a closer look. The footpath leading from the farmhouse, south east towards the cairn, gives good views back onto this site. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Northumberland

Perhaps a little bit later than most of the Megalithic sites recorded on TMP, but I have posted this as it was the third stop on our short circular walk west of Kirkwhelpington village, taking in 2 holy wells, this medieval moated site and a cairn. It is well worth stopping to take a closer look, particularly as Historic England describe this site as "exceptionally well preserved and is one of few surviving examples (of a medieval moated site) in Northumberland" and "The re-entrant of the ditch at the north-east corner indicates the existence of an earlier phase of settlement".

Scheduled as Historic England List ID 1011105 and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 20978, the earliest reference in documentary sources dates to 1303. The interior of the site includes the foundations of four rectangular building, the largest of which is thought to be a later bastle, plus traces of enclosure walls. There are extensive remains of medieval boundary features and lots of rig and furrow.

Whilst the site is on private land, the footpaths provide good views of the earthworks. HE adds: "The entrance to the moated site is in the north-west corner where a deep hollow way enters the enclosure. An interesting feature of this monument is the curious bend or re-entrant in the surrounding ditch at the north-east corner of the moated site; this is suggestive of an earlier structure on the site. Pastscape says the interior has partly been spoiled by quarrying.
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Fawns Moated Site
Fawns Moated Site submitted by Anne T : Letting ourselves through the gate from the field onto the private road to the east of the farmhouse, we had a quick look at the earthworks in this field. This view looks towards the north eastern corner, where a hollow way enters the site, and there is a possible earlier phase of development. There was no-one around to ask if we could go into the field to take a closer look. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fawns Moated Site
Fawns Moated Site submitted by Anne T : Approaching the front of the Fawns farmhouse from St George's Holy Well, there are some well preserved earthworks (part of the moat?) which the footpath goes across to reach the main part of the site, to the east of the farmhouse. From the aerial photographs, this may be part of the ploughed out rig and furrow, prevalent in the area, but is the first indication there is something interesting here... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NZ0085 : The Fawns 'Manorial Earthworks' by Andrew Curtis
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NZ0085 : Manorial Earthworks at Fawns by Les Hull
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NZ0085 : Fawns Farmhouse and buildings by Les Hull
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NZ0085 : Fawns Farm by Tim Fish
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NZ0085 : Fawns by Andrew Curtis
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