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Gardner's Houses Prehistoric Settlement
Scheduled Monument area to the north of Dinnington - based on Historic England data (Open Government Licence).
There is evidence of a prehistoric settlement near Gardener's House Farm, which is located anout ½km north of Dinnington village. It is a rectilinear enclosure visible by aerial photography as a crop mark, with a ring ditch and possible hut circle. It is thought likely to be of late Iron Age or Romano-British date.[2] The site is a Scheduled Monument (legally protected).
from https://www.academia.edu/8200…
Geophysical Survey of the Prehistoric Settlement at Gardener's Houses Farm, Dinnington
- Biggins, J.A., Biggins, J., Coxon, B. and Watson, M., 1997, 'Geophysical Survey of the Prehistoric Settlement at Gardener's Houses Farm, Dinnington', Durham Arch. J, 13. "The settlement at Gardener's Houses …
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Simon Cotterill
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Gardner's Houses settlement - List Entry
- "...This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979..."
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Simon Cotterill
from https://www.twsitelines.info/…
Gardener's Houses rectilinear enclosure
- A rectilinear enclosure with internal features (a possible hut circle) and single entrance visible on aerial photographs as a crop mark, with a ring ditch just west of the site. …
Added by
Simon Cotterill

from https://www.academia.edu/8200…
Geophysical Survey of the Prehistoric Settlement at Gardener's Houses Farm, Dinnington
- Biggins, J.A., Biggins, J., Coxon, B. and Watson, M., 1997, 'Geophysical Survey of the Prehistoric Settlement at Gardener's Houses Farm, Dinnington', Durham Arch. J, 13. "The settlement at Gardener's Houses …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Gardner's Houses settlement - List Entry
- "...This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979..."
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.twsitelines.info/…
Gardener's Houses rectilinear enclosure
- A rectilinear enclosure with internal features (a possible hut circle) and single entrance visible on aerial photographs as a crop mark, with a ring ditch just west of the site. …
Added by
Simon Cotterill