Carlton, R. (2019). Springhill, Spittal, Northumberland. Archaeological Evaluation. The Archaeological Practice. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082737. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Springhill, Spittal, Northumberland. Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 The Archaeological Practice unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was carried out in advance of a proposed housing development at Springhill, Spittal. The excavation of 13 trenches revealed no archaeological features of high importance, with only one definable feature, a probable in-filled bell pit of modern origin, observed in Trench 13. While most trenches encountered shallow deposits of top-soil above boulder clay, bed-rock was encountered in several trenches as well as ridge outcropping in the north part of the site. Topsoil deposits were universally shallow, except at the northern and southern edges of the field, as seen in trenches 1 and 13 and interpreted as infill. The remains encountered do not suggest significant archaeological remains survive, other than those of coal-mining and related activities which are known to have been practiced in the area from the medieval period to 20th century. Most significant was the absence of any features related to the Scheduled site of a suggested late prehistoric or Roman enclosure occupying the hill top. Whilst it is cautioned that the absence of features associated with this purported site does not conclusively prove its absence, the presence of bedrock close to the surface, some of it clearly lying in stepped or ridged profile, suggests the possibility that the features interpreted in the 1950s as cropmarks of a Roman or Iron Age camp, may instead have been derived from geological or later industrial activity.
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Author:		 R Carlton
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Publisher:		 The Archaeological Practice
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Northumberland SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Site: Springhill, Spittal
County: Northumberland
District: Northumberland
Parish: BERWICK UPON TWEED
Country: England
Grid Reference: 400169, 650753 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TEMPORARY CAMP (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020