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Monument Number 16159
Hob Uid: 16159
Location : County Durham Forest and Frith
Grid Ref : NY8239032340
Summary : Ill defined rectangular platform set into slope. An old diverted watercourse encroaches on the platform suggesting it may have been a mill.
More information : NY 82393234 'U' foundations. (1) Nothing visible on available air photographs. (2) NY 82393234. An ill-defined rectangular platform 10.0m. E/W by 7.5m. transversely set into a NE facing slope. Probing revealed the footings of a wall around the edge of the platform. An old diverted course of Marchesgill Sike encroaches on the platform around its SW and NW sides and continues downhill towards the NE suggesting that this is possibly the remains of an old mill. (Remains too ill-defined to warrant survey) (3)

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Source details : Archaeology in the North Gazetteer 1975
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Source details : APs (RAF F21/58/1156 -122-3 30 6 53)
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Source details : F1 ISS 12-NOV-79
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Watermill, Building
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 83 SW 3
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-11-12
End Date : 1979-11-12

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 16159