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Brierton
Hob Uid: 26998
Location : Hartlepool Brierton
Grid Ref : NZ4760029900
Summary : Earthwork remains of a deserted settlement of probable medieval origin and documented in 1315; also documented circa 1700. Remains of banks, a trackway and boundary ditches are visible.
More information : NZ 47532990. A series of banks varying from 0.6m to 1m in height divide the pasture land to the west and south-west of Brierton into fairly large plots. At NZ 47612997 is a large earthen platform 1.0m high, and at NZ 47403003 is a large, rectangular depression, probably a dried-up fishpond. A bivallate trackway runs from NZ 47462987 to NZ 47542979 and is continued in the field to the north-west as a single bank. The earthworks are not typical of a deserted Medieval village, and it seems possible they represent a homestead site. None of the farm buildings show any sign of antiquity. (1) Air photographs show all the features listed. (2) NZ 476299. Deserted Medieval village of Brierton is mentioned 1315, in the 16th century and also circa 1700. Field work revealed ridge and furrow, a field baulk, boundary ditches, fishponds and pottery. (3-4)

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Source details : F1 EG 02-OCT-53
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Source details : APs (RAF CPE/UK 1835 3011-12 13.11.46)
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Source details : Md Vill Res Gp Rpt 23 1975 10
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Place Names of Northum & Durham 1920 31 (A Mawer)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented 1315
Monument End Date : 1315
Monument Start Date : 1315
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Bank (Earthwork), Trackway, Boundary Ditch
Evidence : Earthwork, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Documented circa 1700
Monument End Date : 1710
Monument Start Date : 1690
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
Evidence : Earthwork, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 42 NE 3
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-10-02
End Date : 1953-10-02

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Brierton