Between the mid-18th and late-19th centuries the British Parliament passed almost 5,000 local “Inclosure Acts.” Each Act authorised a team…
A gazetteer of probable prehistoric mounds, cairns and boundary earthworks in Coverdale. It is not complete and is still being…
On every late-Victorian and early-20th-century OS sheet the surveyors marked any conspicuous heap of stones they could not instantly classify…
These are artificial hills made from the unwanted rock, shale and tailings that come up with coal, metal ore, stone…
Hillfort mounds Hillfort mounds are elevated, man-made (or heavily modified) earthen platforms whose crests carry ramparts, palisades or stone walls…
A barrow is a mound of earth and/or stones raised over a grave or group of graves. Used from the…
Imagine being able to see the landscape around you in a completely new way—an invisible layer revealing the hidden structures…
Nathwaite Bridge, over the river Cover in Coverdale, is just about the only way any heavy traffic can easily cross…
Introduction to the European Ice Age What Is an “Ice Age”? In geological terms an Ice Age is a multi‑million‑year…
The ard, also known as a scratch plough, represents one of the earliest forms of agricultural technology used by the…