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Multi-periodSite Name: Stella enclosure
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.513 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Tyne and Wear Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Blaydon  Nearest Village: Stella
Map Ref: NZ168638
Latitude: 54.968543N  Longitude: 1.739115W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
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
0no data
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear HER 637
Crop mark of part of a rectilinear enclosure with widely-spaced double ditches.
Aerials show linear features, not easily interpreted.
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Re: Stella enclosure by durhamnature on Sunday, 19 August 2012
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The best aerial image is in Roger Miket's " The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear" , Plate 2 page 120.
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