<< Our Photo Pages >> Corby's Bridge - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Northumberland
Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 22 January 2019 Page Views: 957
Multi-periodSite Name: Corby's BridgeCountry: England County: Northumberland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Alnwick Nearest Village: Eglingham
Map Ref: NU12650969
Latitude: 55.381025N Longitude: 1.801906W
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 |
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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 20th Jan 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Corby's Bridge Settlement: This site was quite difficult to make out, as there were stones and banks everywhere, with trees and shrubs growing between them.
On the way down the slope from the rock shelter, we thought we saw the foundations of two old buildings (the stones were aligned in a shape), but were too moss covered to really distinguish. Walking further down the slope, as it becomes gentler, there are obvious traces of low, circular banks with stones in them. From this point there are several lines of stones running north east to south west down the slope. The best evidence of structures is at the south/south eastern end of the settlement, were there are stony walls, with aligned stones up to about 1.5m in height. There was a fence in between us and the southern part of the settlement, with no gate through, so we contented ourselves with leaning over the fence and getting photos.
This native fort with multiple ramparts and associated enclosures near Corby's Bridge is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 6628. It is dated to the
pre-Roman Iron Age/Romano British and has two distinct phases of occupation.
Today, the site is difficult to interpret, but there are various stony banks and lines of stones indicating structures, some of which have been robbed out.
Whilst visiting the rock shelter on the slope above, it's worth the short walk down to take a look. Various modern fences cross the settlement, and it was not possible to view the southern end, which had the largest remaining structures, during our visit.
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