[hollydog]

Originally Posted by Coquet

On the subject of 'Ancient Britons' and Amble, the 1827 Parson and White trade directory for Amble on the communities website states:


AMBLE, a village and township, advantageously seated near the
mouth of the Coquet, 1 mile SE. by S. of Warkworth, on an eminence
which commands an extensive view of the sea coast. The foundations
of buildings, formed of undressed stones, and built in a circular form,
without mortar, after the manner of the ancient Britons, have been
found here, as also have Roman coins. These remains clearly prove
that this was once a place of considerable importance. A strongly
paved causeway, 24 feet broad, was discovered a few years ago, about
a foot below the present surface, extending in a direct line from Amble
to the old bed of the Coquet. Here was formerly a monastery, subor-
dinate to Tynemouth Priory, but it has long been. in ruins ; though a
man did penance in its chapel for fornication so lately as 1765. Near
the ruins, a large quantity of human bones were found a few years ago,
deposited in a thin layer of red clay. The manor of Amble, with its
valuable coal mines, has, since the Reformation, belonged to different
proprietors.


No idea what that is going on about. Made up story?? And someone think of the poor fornicators, doing penance on High Street.

A Durham university archeology dissertation by a friend of mine references this, I will get more details from it and credit him, but the causeway reference is 2 1/2 feet wide not 24. I will get the detail and reference from him tomorrow. He strongly suggests a roman signal station on Gloster Hill, a Roman road in the Chester House direction from there and a very good guess at which part of the army the broken Roman altar belonged to that was found in the field nearby. He also looks at the Roman coin found on Coquet Island.