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Hurbuck
Hob Uid: 22356
Location : County Durham Lanchester
Grid Ref : NZ1462048250
Summary : Site of possible deserted medieval village of Hurbuck; the earthworks may instead be interpreted as a field system with ridge and furrow.
More information : Hurbuck DMV sited at NZ 148482. (Nothing visible on available air photographs - RAF 1946). (1) There are no ground indications of depopulation at either the indicated site or in the vicinity of the existing farmstead of Harbuck. (2) A possible deserted Medieval village lies immediately west of the farm Low Meadows (NZ 150483) in a field which produced 18 stone-built field drains aligned north/south. At the western extremity of this field a number of rectangular mounds can still be seen, which may be associated with the possible deserted Medieval village. (3,4) There are no indications of depopulation in this area, ie house platforms, garths, mounds etc. The area contains ridge and furrow with fragments of boundary banks but there are no rectangular mounds as suggested by Authority 3. At NZ 14574820 the ground has been divided into roughly rectangular `plots' by some of the field drains (which show as low banks) cutting across a bank and the N/S drains joining an E/W drain which has presumably given the impression of mounds. (Area of ridge and furrow delineated on Record Sheet). (5)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Beresford, M W and Hurst, J G, 1971. Deserted Medieval Villages. London: Butterworth Press (186)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : F1 RE 05-JUN-1974
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Clack, P A G and Gosling, P F (eds). 1976. Archaeol in the North (217 plan) and (219)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Areial Photographs (F22 540/RAF/1792 0397-98. 13-3-1956)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F2 ISS 01-NOV-1979
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date :
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Ridge And Furrow, Field System
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 14 NW 6
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-06-05
End Date : 1974-06-05

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-11-01
End Date : 1979-11-01

Historic England Research Records

Hurbuck