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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sidwood Iron Age Settlement Alternative Name: Sidwood Romano-British SettlementCountry: England
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County: Northumberland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bellingham Nearest Village: Greenhaugh
Map Ref: NY77288925
Latitude: 55.196989N Longitude: 2.358457W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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This Romano-British settlement is on the west bank of Tarset Burn, on the well-marked Forestry Commission Tarset Bastle Trail, with Black Middens Bastle nearby. There is a very pleasant walk from the road from Black Middens across a lush water meadow, over a footbridge over Tarset Burn, and a short walk alongside a burn to the settlement. It is well marked until shortly before arriving at the actual site, then we stumbled upon the information board.
The site is recorded as having been excavated by Prof. George Jobey in 1970, being 34 metres by 33 metres, with its entrance at the eastern end. Jobey describes the site as having 3 stone hut circles at the rear of the site, with earth and stone banks and a sunken yard. When Jobey excavated, 2 further circles were found outside the earthworks, but have apparently been destroyed by forestry works.
At the time of our visit, there was heavy bracken, but the humps and bumps of two hut circles are visible, as is the sunken yard and entrance.
This is a pretty and peaceful spot, well away from traffic noise. At the time of our visit, some of the footpaths were closed due to wind blown trees blocking the route.
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