Clennell Street Cross Dyke 2

Has been described as a Possible Linear Defence or Dyke

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameClennell Street Cross Dyke 2
Alternative NamesWholehope
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishAlwinton

This bank and ditch runs along a flat ridge top from a disused Youth Hostel on Clennell Street to Kindlandlee Dean. It may have been a medieval boundary ditch to the Lordship of Kidland. "Documentary evidence suggests the large earthwork represents the work of the medieval monks of Newminster Abbey, demarcating the boundary of their pastures, but aspects of its morphology - such as the presence of pits in the bottom of the ditch - might also imply a prehistoric date." (Rushworth et al, 2005)

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Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNT903094
Latitude55.378101348877
Longitude-2.15373992919922
Eastings390300
Northings609400
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Books

  • Rushworth, Alan, Roberts, Ian and Carlton, Richard, 2005, Droving in the Northumberland National Park (Northumberland National Park Authority) p. 56

Journals

  • Charlton, D.B. and Day J.C., 1979, 'Excavation and field survey in Upper Redesdale–Part II' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser5) Vol. 7 p. 228
  • Dryden, J. CBA Group 3 Newsbulletin Vol. 14 p. 12-14