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Landscape Narratives: the South East Cheviots Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Peter Topping ,
Keith Blood ,
Mark Bowden ,
Anne Carter ,
Vickie Fenner ,
Donnie Mackay ,
David McOmish ,
Trevor Pearson ,
Iain Sainsbury  and
Philip Sinton
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Peter Topping
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English heritage, Brooklands House, 24 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 2BU
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Abstract

‘The huts are now roofless, the fires of the hearths quenched for ever, the fortifications levelled; yet these ruins have out-lasted the erections of more civilized times, and they still remain to tell us something of the busy population who hunted, tended flocks, tilled the ground, and quarrelled and fought, at a very distant period (in the valley of the Breamish)’. George Tate (1863, 302)

This paper describes the results of the South East Cheviots Project undertaken by the former Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME; now part of English Heritage) during the 1980s. An area of 66 square kilometres was analytically recorded, ranging from the Breamish Valley in the north to Alnham in the south and from Brandon in the east to Schill Moor in the west. The project recorded with metrical accuracy all forms of cultivation remains, field systems, and settlements of all periods (only the prehistoric evidence will be reviewed in this paper). This landscape approach has led to a greater understanding of settlement histories in these remarkably well-preserved uplands. Recent excavations undertaken by the Northumberland Archaeological Group (NAG) and Durham University, under the auspices of the Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA), have helped to clarify and contextualise further aspects of the chronology of settlement and landscape change recorded by the SECP.

Résumé

Cette ètude dècrit les rèsultats du Projet des Monts Cheviots du Sud-Est (SECP) entrepris par l'ancienne Commission Royale des Monuments Historiques d'Angleterre (RCHME, qui fait maintenant partie d'English Heritage) pendant les annèes 1980. On a relevè analytiquement une zone de 66 km2 allant de Breamish Valley au nord à Alnham au sud, et de Brandon à l'est à Schill Moor à l'ouest. Le projet a rèpertoriè avec une exactitude mètrique toute forme de vestiges d'agriculture, de systèmes de champs et d'occupations de toutes les èpoques (dans cet ouvrage on examine uniquement les tèmoignages prèhistoriques). Cette approche du paysage nous a amenès à mieux comprendre l'histoire des occupations des hautes terres remarquablement bien prèservèes. Des fouilles rècentes entreprises par le Groupe Archèologique du Northumberland (NAG) et l'universitè de Durham, sous les auspices de l'Autoritè du Parc National du Northumberland (NNPA), nous ont aidès à clarifier et replacer dans leur contexte des aspects supplèmentaires de la chronologie de l'occupation et de l'èvolution du paysage relevès par SECP.

Zusammenfassung

Dieser Artikel beschreibt die Ergebnisse des Südost-Cheviots-Projekts, das von der ehemaligen Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME; jetzt ein Teil von English Heritage) während der 80ger Jahre durchgeführt worden war. Dabei wurde eine Fläche von 66 Quadratkilometern, die sich vom Breamish Tal im Norden bis nach Alnham im Süden und von Brandon im Osten zum Schill Moor im Westen erstreckt, analytisch dokumentiert. Mit metrischer Genauigkeit dokumentierte das Projekt alle Formen von Überresten von Kultivierung, Feldsystemen und Siedlungen aus allen Zeitperioden (in diesem Beitrag werden nur die prähistorischen Daten näher untersucht). Dieser Landschaftsansatz führte zu einem besseren Verständnis der Siedlungsgeschichten in diesem erstaunlich gut erhaltenen Hochland. Neuere von der Northumberland Archaeological Group (NAG) und der Durham University und unter den Auspizien der Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA) durchgeführte Ausgrabungen haben dazu beigetragen, dass weitere Aspekte der Siedlungschronologie und Landschaftsveränderung, die von der SECP dokumentiert wurden, geklärt und kontextualisiert werden können.

Résumen

Este trabajo describe los resultados del Proyecto South East Cheviots, realizado por la Antigua Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME; ahora parte de English Heritage) durante los años 80. Se registró analíticamente un área de 66 km2 desde el Valle de Breamish al norte hasta Alnham al sur, y desde Brandon al este hasta Schill Moor al oeste. El proyecto recogió con exactitud mètrica todos los restos de tipos de cultivo, sistemas de campos, y asentamientos de todos los periodos (aunque sólo se revisará la evidencia prehistórica en este trabajo). Este mètodo paisajístico ha producido una mejor comprensión del asentamiento en estas tierras altas notablemente bien preservadas. Excavaciones recientes llevadas a cabo por el Grupo Arqueológico de Northumberland (Northumberland Archaeological Group, NAG) y por la Universidad de Durham, bajo el patrocinio de la Autoridad de Parques Nacionales de Northumberland (Northumberland National Park Authority, NNPA), han ayudado a clarificar y contextualizar otros aspectos de la cronología de los cambios en asentamiento y paisaje recogidos por el Proyecto South East Cheviots.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 74 , 2008 , pp. 323 - 364
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 2008

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