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Monument Number 20581
Hob Uid: 20581
Location : Northumberland Stocksfield
Grid Ref : NZ0525061150
Summary : Glacial mound (not an antiquity)
More information : Near Stocksfield Station is the Mote Hill, which may have been used as an encampment. (1) Some of the earthworks remains on Mote Hill, which lies south of the railway. (2) Centred NZ 0525 6115. A very large, irregularly shaped, but roughly oval, pasture covered mound, with two small ravines falling away to the N and NW from the NW side, and enclosing a small mound. There is no evidence of antiquity, and it is probably a glacial mound. Similar features are immediately to the west. The mound is known locally as "The Round Hill". But the name 'Mote Hill' does not appear to be used. (3)

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Source details : Procs Soc Antiqs Newcastle 2nd Series 5 1893 67 (Report on Field Meeting)
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Source details : Procs Soc Antiqs Newcastle 2nd Series 3 1889 123 (Report of Field Meeting)
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Source details : F1 ASP 11-MAY-56
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Natural Feature
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External Cross Reference Number : NZ 06 SE 16
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-05-11
End Date : 1956-05-11

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 20581