2006-07

1North Pennines Archaeology Online Magazine Volume I

Editor’s Note

North Pennines Archaeology Online Magazine

is a free online publication producedin-house by North Pennines Archaeology Limited, the commercialarchaeology arm of the North PenninesHeritage Trust. The publication in no way represents the total work undertaken by NPA during the periodthe magazine volumes cover; rather thepublication represents those articles which NPA have received permissionfrom the prospective clients to publishfor public consumption.

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Volume I contains articlesoriginally designed for the NPA websitebetween 2006-2007, edited and illustrated withmore imagery. We hope you enjoy this first volume, and keep a lookout for further volumes appearing down download in the nearfuture.

Tony Liddell

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Contributors

The articles contained in this volume were written by Gareth Davies, Matthew Town, Tony Liddell, Martin Railton and NicolaGaskell. The content was edited for this volume by Tony Liddell.

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Contents

Eyots Evaluation at Corby Castle 2The Smallcleugh Project 5Dearham Pottery Excavation 12The Angel Inn, Corbridge 15Work at Carlisle Airport 17

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2North Pennines Archaeology Online Magazine Volume I

EPTEMBER

2005

, NorthPennines Archaeology Ltdundertook an archaeologicalevaluation at The Salmon Coops, Corby Castle, near Carlisle (NY 4687 5371). This work was requested following aland drainage consent application forrepairs of the area due to flood damage.Because the Salmon Coops are a GradeI listed structure, English Heritage haverequested, as a condition of listedbuilding consent, that a scheme of archaeological work be undertakenbefore repairs commence. It wasconsidered necessary to investigate twopossibly artificial islands (

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) in theRiver Eden to determine their structureand function with a view to possibly having them designated as a scheduledmonument.Initially, a desk-based assessment was carried out. The work involved the consultation of the County Historic Environment Record in Kendal, and the County Record Office and Library in Carlisle, in orderto assess the existing information regarding the site’s historic, archaeological, topographical andgeographical context prior to the commencement of fieldwork. This involved the collection of all readily available information regarding the archaeological landscape of the study area, including the locationsand settings of Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Listed Buildings, Parks and Gardens and other,non-designated archaeological remains. This was followed by a visual site inspection in the form of anannotated survey, and the excavation of a series of four test-pits in order to assess the presence/absence,nature, extent and state of preservation of the archaeological remains. The desk-based research has shown that there was certainly a fishery and/or fishpool associated with Wetheral Priory in existence at Corby by the late eleventh century. It is probable that even at this early date a fixed sluice was in use. By the twelfth century, there was a fixed fishpool, tank and weir at alocation closely corresponding to the presentcoops/eyot location. By the thirteenth century,the word ‘coops’ is used for the first time inrelation to Corby, and in the fourteenthcentury there were weirs made of stone andtimber at Corby. At the start of the eighteenth century, ThomasHoward extensively remodelled the groundsof Corby Castle. A presently unlocatedengraving dating to 1729 may have shown that Thomas Howard planted the northern eyot

Above:

The condition of the salmon coops today

Left

An early 1832 Engraving of the SalmonCoops