<< Text Pages >> Thorpe Thewles settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cleveland
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Multi-periodSite Name: Thorpe Thewles settlementCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.803 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cleveland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Stockton Nearest Village: Thorpe Thewles
Map Ref: NZ39672445
Latitude: 54.613656N Longitude: 1.38727W
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 |
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 |
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Excavated Iron Age enclosed settlement, formerly visible as low earthworks and cropmarks. Close to the A177 road from Stockton to Sedgefield, which is thought to be an ancient route.
Pastscape site number 25814
A major excavation has been carried out by Tees Archaeology. A full report can be downloaded from their website.
Read More at Thorpe-Thewles.org.uk.
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