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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 885 |
| Date Entered | 30/07/2015 |
| Updated on | 31/07/2015 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Settlement |
| Record Type | Archaeology |
| Site Access | Public Footpath |
| Record Date | 29/07/2015 |
| Location | Orgate Pasture above track to the Cordilleras Road |
| Civil Parish | Marske |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 08929 02353 |
| Altitude | 248m |
| Geology | Drift over Ten Fathom Grit |
| Record Name | Isolated round houses and other settlement evidence in the vicinity of Orgate Farm |
| Record Description | The isolated round house at the above grid reference , see photo image numbers 1-4 below, is
one element within an extended linear settlement on the south facing lower slopes of the open and enclosed pastures centred on Orgate Farm. No systematic survey has yet been undertaken of this area but the following settlements have been noted from time to time when walking the track from Marske passing Orgate Farm and up the fell side to the Cordilleras Road:
Extensive stone walled curvilinear round house settlement on a levelled terrace below ie south of the track at NZ0886 0212,180m AOD. See photo image numbers 5-7 below.This settlement has been completely cleared of surface stone within the pasture but a small section survives as disturbed but substantial stone walls on the open moor to the west of the field wall.
Small enclosure, probably the remnant of a larger settlement eradicated by clearance below the wall, crossed by the track and field wall at NZ ,see photo image No 5 below.
Large enclosed stone founded round house settlement of Late Iron Age or Native Roman age character below the track at NZ0960 0145, see photo image Numbers 5-8. This settlement includes stone banked enclosures above the road and has not yet been surveyed.
At least one further round house platform on the terraces between the Beck and below Orgate Farm, at NZ091 018 approximately.
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| Dimensions | See photos. Not yet surveyed. |
| Additional Notes | This record should be read in conjunction with SWAAG Record No 884 which notes settlement below Orgate Scar and in Telfit Farm Pastures on the western side of Marske Beck.
None of these features have been surveyed.
NOTE!
The settlements can be seen and photographed from the Public Right of Way but those which are within walled pastures and should not be accessed without permission, hence this record is limited to SWAAG Members only. |
| Image 1 ID | 6356 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Round house platform above track to Cordilleras, at NZ08929 02353, viewed from south. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 6357 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | The same house platform, viewed from north. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 6358 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Settlement remains crossed by field wall which survive as stone walls on open moorland
at NZ0960 0145 |  |
| Image 4 ID | 6359 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | The same settlement which survive on this natural terrace only as disturbed earthworks within the cleared pastures of Orgate Farm. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 6360 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Remnant of an enclosure and possible house platform above the field wall at the limit of the pastures, at NZ09 01 |  |
| Image 6 ID | 6362 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Extensive stone walled settlement complex with round houses and small enclosures in pastures at NZ0886 0212 as seen from the track to Orgate Farm from Marske. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 6361 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Enclosures or small paddocks associated with the same settlement extends to the open fell side above the track. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 6363 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Isolated round house platform, one of several perhaps, obscured by vegetation, located on the slope below Orgate Farm |  |
| Image 9 ID | 6364 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | The same as last. |  |
