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Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 14 September 2017 Page Views: 1437
Multi-periodSite Name: Dunsdale (College Valley)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.867 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Wooler Nearest Village: Hethpool
Map Ref: NT9005823240
Latitude: 55.502835N Longitude: 2.158946W
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 |
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| 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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Anne T visited on 12th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Dunsdale Settlement, College Valley: Wow. The screen slopes to the north of this path are daunting and impressive at the same time. If there was a landslip here, you might be cut off for some time.
The settlement here was difficult to make out because of the very tall grass and heather, but we could feel stone foundations under our feet and depressions in the ground.
It is a very beautiful spot, with the scree slopes of Dunsdale Crag to the north and Bizzle Burn running to the west of this site.
Would really like to come back here in winter to see more of the site structure.
This Roman British Enclosed Settlement, cut by a later medieval shieling, is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 3552 and Historic England List ID 1014680.
Whilst the deep grass and bracken hid most of the outline and internal structures of the settlement, we could feel stone foundations underneath our feet, and make out depressions in the ground between them.
The enclosure lies in an impressive location, sitting between Bizzle Burn and Lambden Burn, north east of Dunsdale Farmhouse. An extract from the Historic England listing reads: "The monument consists of three conjoined enclosures of earth and stone banks, the interiors of the enclosures are slightly scooped into the ground surface. The circular stone foundations of several prehistoric buildings lie within and adjacent to the enclosures. The stone foundation of a rectangular building of medieval date, interpreted as a shieling, lies to the east of the enclosures and is included within the monument. The site is situated on a small area of level ground on the very edge of the steep east bank of the Bizzle Burn, the ground also falls away sharply to the north where the Bizzle Burn joins the main valley of the Lambden Burn. The settlement is overlooked to north and south by the steep slopes of The Cheviot and Coldburn Hill."
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