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Ewart Park Henge
Hob Uid: 3816
Location : Northumberland Ewart
Grid Ref : NT9569031720
Summary : A Late Neolithic henge visible as a sub-oval cropmark enclosure. The ditch features two opposed entrance gaps (northwest and southeast), while a cropmark of a large pit is visible within the enclosed area, just off-centre. Internal diameter of the enclosure is between circa 12 and 16 metres. [NB this site had previously been recorded erroneously as NT 93 NE 21 as a result of an incorrect NGR published by McCord and Jobey]
More information : NT 956316: Cropmarks of a two-entrance henge, 22m in diameter, containing a single off-centre pit were recorded from air photographs at Ewart Park. (1) NT 956 316. Ewart Park. A classic henge appears as a small sub-oval cropmark enclosure situated on a sand and gravel terrace at c.46m above OD, lying between the Rivers Till and Glen, just over 1km distant from the latter at its closest point. The ditched enclosure is broken by two causeways, giving it an asymmetrical form. Cropmarks show a large off-centre pit. The north-western entrance is wider than the south-eastern one. The internal diameter range is c.12.5m-16.25m (estimated from transcription). The henge lies close to 3 pit alignments (NT 93 SE 27), an irregular series of pit-like marks and a sub-rectangular enclosure (NT 93 SE 24). A short stretch of the pit alignment north of the henge was excavated and found to contain Grooved Ware. (2) NT 956 317. Ewart Park henge. Scheduled No ND/547. (3) Additional bibliography. (4) Aerial photograph references. (5-18) The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeology Project. (See archive object MD000296)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Harding, AF. Excavations in the Prehistoric Ritual Complex near Milfield, Northumberland. See pg.129.
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Source details : Harding A.F. 1987, Henge monuments and related sites of Great Britain, B.A.R. Brit. Ser. No.175. This is site No.122, on pg.206-208.
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Source details : CUCAP (COV 80) 25-JUL-1981
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Source details : NCU (A/069484/35-36) 3-AUG-1970
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Source details : NMR NT 9531/2 (A/069571/40) 6-AUG-1970
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Source details : NMR NT 9531/1 (/0069656/149) 13-AUG-1970
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Source details : NMR NT 9531/16-18 (TMG 1974/199, 201-202) 21-JUL-1981
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Source details : NMR NT 9531/19-22 (TMG 3422/4-7) 17-JUN-1987
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Source details : NMR NT 9631/5 (TMG 3427/1) 17-JUN-1987
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Source details : NMR NT 9531/23, 25 (TMG 3427/2, 29) 17-JUN-1987
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List Northumbs March 1994 20
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Source details : McCord N. & Jobey G. 1971, Notes on air reconnaissance in Northumberland and Durham, Arch. Aeliana (4th Series) vol.49, pg124.
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Source details : CUCAP (AZC 99) 26-JUL-1969
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Source details : CUCAP (BDB 56-57, 60) 10-JUL-1970
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Source details : CUCAP (BDE 35-36) 11-JUL-1970
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Source details : CUCAP (BJU 94-96) 19-JUL-1972
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Source details : CUCAP (BKC 40-41) 26-JUL-1972
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -2900
Monument Type : Henge, Pit
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ND 547
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Northumberland)
External Cross Reference Number : 2153
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NT 93 SE 25
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Relationship type : General association

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