Brogan, G. and Hodgson, N. (2011). Bronze Age site at Mountjoy, Durham City: archaeological evaluation in 2003-7. Archaeologia Aeliana Series 5. Vol 40, pp. 41-84. https://doi.org/10.5284/1061233. Cite this via datacite
| Title: | Bronze Age site at Mountjoy, Durham City: archaeological evaluation in 2003-7 | ||
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| Issue: | Archaeologia Aeliana Series 5 | ||
| Series: | Archaeologia Aeliana | ||
| Volume: | 40 | ||
| Page Start/End: | 41 - 84 | ||
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| Publication Type: | Journal | ||
| Abstract: | Geophysical survey and evaluation trenching between 2003 and 2007 at Mountjoy, on an escarpment 1 km south-east of Durham City, revealed a ditch, bifurcating to form two arms, which possibly represented part of an irregularly shaped enclosure at least 0.75 ha in area. A terminal suggested the presence of an entrance facing south-east. Radiocarbon dates from material in the lowest parts of the ditches and from one of the timbers indicate use in the period 1600-1300 cal BC. The mounment is the first site of its date to be recognised in the region and attests the use in north Britain of large-scale non-domestic enclosure in the middle Bronze Age. After about 1300 cal BC the ditches were not maintained and woodland regeneated over the site. | ||
| Year of Publication: | 2011 | ||
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| Created Date: | 30 May 2019 |
