Two mounds of burnt stones, known locally as 'The Navsy' and 'The Waspy', at Banks. 'The Navsy', a low amorphous turf-covered mound, eroded by the sea on its SW side, and truncated by cultivation to the NE. In the cliff face are faint traces of stones suitable for building, but no burnt material. There is no trace and no local knowledge of 'The Waspy' but it was a "small hillock in field above The Navsy".
The Navsy is marked by a rise in the level of the shore banks, corresponding to an erosion section 4m long showing a composition of black earth and burnt stones interspersed with limpet and whelk shells and animal bones. From this deposit which is 0.8m thick, two sherds of pottery were recovered.
Section recording carried out in1996 showed that erosion of up to 17m has occurred since 1881. Originally recorded as a burnt mound, recent work along with stray finds indicates a settlement of the Viking/Norse period. The remains of two drystone structures, a pit, midden-type deposits and a paved area were recorded in a 23m long section exposure.
Vegetated and no archaeological deposits visible on August 2023 visit. Modern dumping present along the section.
Location
365140.00
1023730.00
27700
59.0990230
-2.6102416
Submitted photographs
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Date
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User
26/08/2023
Coast edge - heavily vegetated and modern dumping
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Date
User
4565
26/08/2023
joannahambly
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
No
Proximity to coast edge
Coast edge
Description
Vegetated and no archaeological deposits visible on August 2023 visit
