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Description: | The remains of an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement, a pre-conquest and post-conquest monastery, a ninth century wayside cross, a possible Norman motte, an enclosure castle, an artillery castle and 19th and 20th century coastal defences. They occupy a prominent headland with steep cliffs on three sides. This is an important strategic position at the mouth of the River Tyne where, from the earliest times, it could command the mouth of the river, and indeed the site is known to have been occupied from the Iron Age onwards. The whole of the monument is Scheduled and in the care of the Secretary of State. Please see the individual records for the components of this monument. | Subjects: | Defence Benedictine Monastery Religious Ritual And Funerary Domestic Maritime Settlement Castle Cross Coastal Battery Priory Motte Promontory Fort Artillery Castle Monastery | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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