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The ditched enclosure south of North View, Coalburns is a prehistoric earthwork located in County Durham. The monument comprises a substantial ditch defining an enclosed area, characteristic of settlement or ritual sites from the Bronze Age or Iron Age periods. Such ditched enclosures served variously as defensive boundaries, stock management systems, or ceremonial spaces, reflecting the social organisation of ancient communities in northern England. The site's survival as an archaeological feature demonstrates the landscape history of the region during the later prehistoric period.
Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005917. View the official record →
The ditched enclosure south of North View, Coalburns is a prehistoric earthwork located in County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005917.
Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005917.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle (3 km), Ryton village cross 160m south east of church (5 km), Whinfield coking ovens, 850m south east of Low Spen Farm (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.