  First results from a deep XMM-Newton observation of a field in the Large
Magellanic Cloud (LMC) near the northern rim of the supergiant shell LMC 4 are
presented. Spectral and temporal analyses of a sample of selected X-ray sources
yielded two new candidates for supernova remnants, a supersoft X-ray source and
a likely high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) pulsar. From the fourteen brightest
sources up to ten are active galactic nuclei in the background of the galaxy
which can be used as probes for the interstellar medium in the LMC. From the
three previously known HMXBs the Be/X-ray binary EXO 053109-6609.2 was the
brightest source in the field, allowing a more detailed analysis of its X-ray
spectrum and pulse profile. During the pulse EXO 053109-6609.2 shows eclipses
of the X-ray emitting areas with increased photo-electric absorption before and
after the eclipse. The detection of X-ray pulsations with a period of 69.2 s is
confirmed for RX J0529.8-6556 and a possible period of 272 s is discovered from
XMMU J053011.2-655122. The results are discussed with respect to individual
sources as well as in the view of source population studies in the vicinity of
the supergiant shell LMC 4.
