Research Reports
Find research reports on specific buildings or sites, our large-area aerial survey mapping programme, and commissioned research.
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South East Northumberland Coastal Plain, Eastern Arable
This area extends southward from the river Coquet to the northern edge of the city of Newcastle, and inland to just east of Morpeth. It encompasses the...
Report Number: 17/2020Research Report -
An Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure at South Heddon, Northumberland
In Spring 2003, English Heritage undertook an archaeological investigation of an area of historic landscape at South Heddon on the south side of Heddon...
Report Number: 127/2004Research Report -
Northumberland Square, North Shields: History, investigation and landscape assessment
Northumberland Square was built at the start of the 19th century as part of the expansion of North Shields. The houses on the north side of the square...
Report Number: 4/2024Research Report -
Norham Castle, Northumberland. Survey Report
In March 2002, English Heritage carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of Norham Castle in Northumberland. The 2002 fieldwork revealed...
Report Number: 123/2002Research Report -
An Iron Age Hillfort at Glead's Cleugh, Northumberland. Survey Report
Between December 2000 and January 2001, English Heritage carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of the Iron Age hillfort at Glead’s Cleugh...
Report Number: 120/2001Research Report -
The South East Cheviots Project:A Descriptive Account of the Prehistoric Landscape
This paper is a descriptive account of the results of the South East Cheviots Project (SECP) undertaken by the former Royal Commission on the Historical...
Report Number: 83/2008Research Report -
Morrelhirst Bastle, Hollinghill, Northumberland: An archaeological survey of the landscape evidence
The bastle and surrounding earthworks at Morrelhirst, near Forest Gate in Northumberland, were recommended for further investigation by Peter Ryder during...
Report Number: 13/2016Research Report -
Willimoteswick, Bardon Mill, Northumberland: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Tree-ring analysis was undertaken on samples from timbers of the East range roof (north and south parts) and floor (south) and from the North range roof,...
Report Number: 87/2009Research Report -
Border Moors and Forests, Upland and Upland Fringe
This extensive upland plateau, dominated by coniferous woodland, is located in the English-Scottish border country and is centred on Kielder Water. To...
Report Number: 9/2020Research Report -
Cockle Park Tower, Hebron, Morpeth, Northumberland: Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of Oak Timbers
As part of an initiative to investigate the practical extent of the south-central England chronology for isotopic dating, two timbers that had been securely...
Report Number: 5/2021Research Report -
The South East Northumberland Air Photo and Lidar Mapping Project
This project generated a detailed map and records of archaeological and historical features that are visible on aerial photographs and lidar imagery....
Report Number: 79/2022Research Report -
Dewar's Lane Granary, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 51 samples taken from oak and pine timbers of this building. Site sequence BWKASQ03 was successfully dated...
Report Number: 24/2008Research Report -
Chester Crane Camp, Ord, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland: Archaeological Field Survey of a Promontory Fort
Chester Crane Camp, also known by a variety of alternative names including Canny Burn, Canny Bank and Canny Shiel, is a prehistoric bivallate promontory...
Report Number: 94/2022Research Report -
Castle Heaton, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland: An Investigation of the Vaulted Building and Adjacent Earthworks
The stone-vaulted building at Castle Heaton, located on a plateau above the River Till, incorporates what are thought to be the only standing remains...
Report Number: 34/2014Research Report -
Whitley Castle, Tynedale, Northumberland: An Archaeological Investigation of the Roman Fort
This report concludes a detailed earthwork and geophysical survey a unique, lozenge-shaped fort situated on a prominent knoll overlooking the South Tyne...
Report Number: 89/2009Research Report -
Dewar’s Lane Granary, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland: Tree-ring Analysis and Radiocarbon Wiggle-matching of Oak timbers from North America
This study forms part of a wider dendrochronology project that aims to identify imported American oak timbers in historic buildings, wrecks and other...
Report Number: 79/2024Research Report
