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Archaeology in NORTHUMBERLAND VOLUME 15: 2005 Archaeology in NORTHUMBERLAND VOLUME 15: 2005 MACLEAN PRESS Contents Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................1 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................................1 Stop Press..................................................................................................................................................................1 ...Where the buffalo roam. Where the dear and the antelope play... ....................................................................2 The Conservation Team: protecting the County’s Heritage .................................................................................3 Kielder Viaduct: the new parapet ............................................................................................................................3 Recent Archaeology in the Otterburn Training Area ............................................................................................4 AS 90 (Self Propelled Artillery) mitigation works .......................................................................................4 The Raw Bastle...............................................................................................................................................4 Branshaw Bastle and Settlement ................................................................................................................5 OTA Archaeological and Historic Environment Management Plan .........................................................5 Discovering our Hillfort Heritage ............................................................................................................................5 Hadrian’s Wall Cycleway .........................................................................................................................................6 From Blanchland to Australia: correspondence 1859-1883 .................................................................................7 The living Rock Art landscape of Northumberland and Durham..........................................................................8 Rock Art: a personal perspective ...........................................................................................................................9 The Bamburgh Research Project ..........................................................................................................................10 Community Archaeology in Coquetdale ..............................................................................................................11 From Shildon to Shildon: letters of a lead mining family ...................................................................................12 Spotlight: CORBRIDGE. A tale of two towns .......................................................................................................14 The Roman Bridge ......................................................................................................................................15 A new footpath to the Roman Fort ............................................................................................................16 Bishops Garage ...........................................................................................................................................16 Eastfield House ...........................................................................................................................................17 Hidden Treasures: Hartburn Vicarage ..................................................................................................................18 Flint Assemblage found at Akeld ..........................................................................................................................18 Agriculture Aids Archaeology................................................................................................................................19 Maelmin - A pocket guide to archaeological walks .............................................................................................19 Morpeth Market Place ............................................................................................................................................19 The Breamish Valley Project .................................................................................................................................20 Hidden Treasures: The Royal Tweed Bridge .......................................................................................................20 Excavating Cup and Ring Marks ...........................................................................................................................21 Fitting in ..................................................................................................................................................................21 Castle Terrace, Berwick .........................................................................................................................................22 Pictures of the Past ................................................................................................................................................22 Duddo Stones .........................................................................................................................................................23 Excavations at Salters Nick, Shaftoe Crags 2001-2004 ......................................................................................24 A Tale of Two Morpeth Bridges .............................................................................................................................25 Blyth Battery: Defending Elswick .........................................................................................................................26 Norham Castle Face Lift .........................................................................................................................................27 Hidden Treasures: Ford Moss................................................................................................................................27 The Chillingham Cattle. Unique Conservation ....................................................................................................28 Alnwick Castle Gardens .........................................................................................................................................30 Ad Gefrin: A new way forward for conservation management...........................................................................32 Hidden Treasures: The Union Chain Bridge, Horncliffe .....................................................................................33 The National Trust Acquires Rothley Castle.........................................................................................................34 Hareshaw Iron Works .............................................................................................................................................35 Adding to the Record .............................................................................................................................................35 A Prehistoric Site at Milfield Village .....................................................................................................................36 Weetwood Bridge (is falling down) .......................................................................................................................36 Falstone Tea Rooms ..............................................................................................................................................37 Flint Arrowhead from Callaly ................................................................................................................................37 The Tweeddale Press Building .............................................................................................................................38 National Park Boundary Survey ............................................................................................................................38 Blakehope Roman Fort ..........................................................................................................................................39 Recording Lesbury Mill ..........................................................................................................................................40 Landlines: The Pinwell Project .............................................................................................................................42 The Great North Museum ......................................................................................................................................43 Lesbury Old Bridge ................................................................................................................................................43 Portable Antiquities ...............................................................................................................................................43 Assessing the Past ................................................................................................................................................44 Hidden Treasures: Wether Hill ..............................................................................................................................46
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