TAP ResearchPaper252-NEWCASTLE Stephenson Quarter

The Investigation of Eighteenth Century Mining Remains at Scon's Park, Byemoor Farm, Gateshead, 2018

Sunderland Civic Centre, Nuclear Bunker and Railway Tunnel: Historic Buildings Recording, 2022

Neptune Yard, Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Archaeological Assessments and Historic Building Recordings, 2010-2015, 2015

The assessment focuses on an area of land formerly occupied by the Swan Hunter Neptune Yard centred on NGR NZ 4299 5653. The site is situated approximately 5km east of Newcastle city centre on the north bank of the River Tyne and falls predominantly within Walker and partially in Wallsend. The assessment area, which has been cleared entirely of all buildings, is an irregular shape bounded by the River Tyne to the east, the dry docks to the north, the south part by the former shipyard to the south and a mixture of terraced and commercial properties to the west. The site under assessment covers approximately 7.1 hectares. 2.2 Geology and Topography The current assessment site at the former Neptune Yard, Walker sits upon shales and sandstone. This is overlain by clay deposits, in some places up to c.7.6m deep (Headland Archaeology 2006). The site is predominantly flat, but slopes or terraces sharply upwards to the riverside road on its landward side. However, the current flat topography of the site is partly a product of infilling; the underlying topography is likely to be gently sloping upwards from the river edge. 2.3 Previous Archaeological Assessment and Investigation There have been two previous archaeological investigations within or bounding the current assessment site.

2005

The new annual award in memory of John Hurst The Medieval Settlement Research Group is dedicated to enhancing our understanding of the rural landscape and its settlement in the period c. AD 400-1600. The laIc John Hurs! was a major figure in the development of the Group and in his honour, and to encourage new and young scholars, an alUlUal prize of £200 is offered for the best Masters dissertation on any theme in the field of medieval settlement and landscape exploitation in Britain and Ireland. MA directors in Archaeology, Engl ish Local History, Landscape Studies or relatcd fields are encouraged to submit high quality eomplcte dissertations by students in the academic year 2005-6 to the Secretary of the MSRG by 31 st December 2006. A panel will judge the entries and an award made at the end of March 2007. A summary of the winning entry may also be published in the Group's Annual Repon. CONFERENCES The MSRG Spr ing 2007 Confe rence The MSRG Spring Weekend Conference 2007 will take place in Manchester over 2 days. A flier with furthe r dctai ls and an application fonn is included with this repon. RESEARCH GRANTS The group can make grants up to a maximum of £500 annually for the support of research by members of the Group within its field of interest. Preference will nonnal!y be given to field survey, documentary research and preparation of graphics rather than to excavation and the preparation of reports for publication. A summary report of the work will be required within a year and, subject to editorial consideration, may be published in the Annual Report. Applicants should reply by letter (4 copies) summarising the proposed research and the costs involved. Mention should be made of other applications for funding. The names of two referees should be included. Letters should be addressed to the Treasurer (Dr. R. E. Glasscock, St John's College, Cambridge. CB2 ITP). To be received by I st December in the year preceding that in which work will be carried out. Applicants will nonnally be notified of the outcome in the following March. Recent research grants have been awarded to: Or Helen Hamerow-£500 towards dmwing work on materials from the Saxon cemetery at Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Or Howard Williams-£494 towards survey work at the shrunken medieval village site at Stokenham, Devon.

Quay Timber, Ouseburn, Byker, Newcastle: Archaeological Evaluation, Historic Buildings Record and Watching Brief, 2021

Excavations on the Roman Road at Holystone Common, Northumberland, 2018

Proposed East Cramlington Golf Course, Cramlington, Northumberland: Archaeological Assessment, 2007

93-115 Newbridge Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Archaeological Evaluation, Historic Building Recording and Archaeological Watching Brief 2009-2010, 2010

Entrances to Tyne Dock, Jarrow, South Tyneside: Photographic Recording and Summary Condition Survey, 2009

Carraw Farm, Northumberland: Archaeological Mitigation by Excavation and Watching Brief, 2015

 Illus. 02: Plan of Carraw farmstead showing the position of the strip, map and sample archaeological mitigation works (yellow infill and Drain Trench) and the position of the preceding phase of evaluation trenching (red transparency infills) in relation to the existing farmstead and other new developments (purple transparencies).