Blaydon Burn, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11489

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, ridge and furrow

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Ridge and furrow of Medieval or Post Medieval date mapped from aerial photographs of 1946. Some earthworks have been destroyed by later developments, others near the south bank of the River Tyne have been levelled.

Easting:
1782

Northing:
6331

Grid Reference:
NZ17826331

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1436066); Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5236 15-Apr-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1193 4315 27-Feb-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1193 4240 27-Feb-1946