ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



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the west side, and in part on the north, 

 the rest being obliterated by build- 

 ings. On the west it is reduced to a 

 slight slope only a few feet higher than 

 the grass land outside its limits, but on 

 the north side near the western anq;le 

 it remains as shown on the section, with 

 traces of a ditch near the angle. To 

 the north of the site runs the main 

 road from Darlington to Barnard Castle, 

 and beyond it a stream, which takes 

 a course parallel to the road, falling into 

 the Tees some distance east of the line 

 of Watling Street. There is no trace 

 of masonry on the line of the vallum, 

 but foundations and objects of Roman 

 date have been found within and near 

 to the enclosure. 



Sadberge. — The settlement here 

 appears to have been occupied in the 



Roman period. The traces of defensive work may indicate a 

 of Class B. 



ebric/go 



PlERCEBRIDCE. 



camp 



RiShOptOi 



CASTLE MOUNTS WITH ATTACHED COURTS 



[Class E] 



Barnard Castle, see Gainford. 



BisHoPTON, Castle Hill. — On the low ground south of the village of 

 Bishopton is a fortified site of the mount and court type, bounded on the 

 west by the Bishopton Beck, and by low, and formerly marshy, ground on 

 the other three sides. The earthworks consist of a motte or mount some 



38 feet high, surrounded by a ditch with 

 a high outer bank, flanked by two lines 

 of lower banks on the west side towards 

 the beck, and a single line on the east. 

 North and south of the mount are a 

 series of higher banks and ditches, ending 

 with rounded lines of lower defences in 

 the low ground at either end of the 

 site. Two causeways, one on the north, 

 one on the east, lead from the works 

 across the low ground to the somewhat 

 higher levels on the north and east where 

 the modern road runs. The plan of the 

 defences is long and narrow, owing to 

 the marshy nature of the site, and a 

 dam across the stream to the north would 

 make it possible to surround the whole 

 work with water. No traces of masonry 

 are to be seen. 



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Castle Hill, Bishopton, 



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