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Fig 29 showing the vertical section through the Great Enclosure inner trench. Crown Copyright:RCAHMS (B Hope-Taylor Collection)

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Yeavering Archive: The Inner Trench of the Great Enclosure

The top drawing shows what the archaeologists recorded in section when excavating the inner trench of the Great Enclosure. The bottom drawing gives one possible interpretation of how the structure was built, using the evidence above.

You can find out more about the Great Enclosure or explore the archive further.
 
PREHISTORIC BURIALROMAN PERIOD FARMANGLO-SAXON ROYAL PALACEMEDIEVAL VILLAGEMEDIEVAL CASTLEPOST-MEDIEVAL LEAD WORKINGTWENTIETH CENTURY COAL MINE