Hidden Teesside

The remain of earthworks surrounding the Iron Age Fort are still very prominent on the ground, although they are best seen via aerial photography. Tees Archaeology have produced an excellent leaflet on the subject here.

The Napoleonic Beacon was built in 1808 as part of a chain to warn of attack, it later became a private residence and was inhabited up until the 1950s.

It was demolised in 1956 and ICI erect the current monument.

The view from the top is still spectacular

Stephen Sherlock has been investigating this area for many year, the Street House long cairn was excavated in 1979–1981.

The current excavation started in 2004 has turned up Iron Age, Roman and Anglo Saxon finds, theres a detailed explanation of the site in the May/June issue of British Archaelogy.

The open day on 7th September was technically cancelled due to weather conditions, but Stephen was kind enough to show those who still came around the remains of a Roman building that has just been uncovered.

There are five circular hut bases, two of them 28 feet in diameter with paved floors and walls still standing to a height of three courses of stone. Nine saddle querns and the base of one rotary quern were found - The North York Moors Stanhope White 1979

A much better visualisation of the circles is gained by clicking ‘Show on Map’ above to view this site via Google Earth.

There are reports of a well which possible served the settlement down towards the stream in the valley, i need to return to locate this exactly.