Throckley, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11471

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, ridge and furrow

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Ridge and Furrow

Site Type: Specific:
Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947. Photography taken in 1992 shows that most of the earthworks are no longer extant.

Easting:
147

Northing:
667

Grid Reference:
NZ147667

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1440231, NMR NZ 16 NW 122); Aerial Photograph RAF/26/AC 10419 22-Oct-1930; OS/92057 163 19-Apr-1992; RAF/58/2685/F22 157 23-Jan-1959; RAF/106G/UK/1193 156 27-Feb-1946; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 1124 04-Oct-1947