Bradley Park, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11623

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bradley Park, ridge and furrow

Place:
Bradley Park

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Medieval ridge and furrow visible as earthworks on air photographs taken in 1946. Many of the best preserved earthworks are situated within Bradley Park. Some of the earthworks had been levelled or built over by 1992 and 1993.

Easting:
1347

Northing:
6368

Grid Reference:
NZ13476368

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1440476; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4317 27-FEB-1946, RAF 58/2685 (F22) 374 23-JAN-1959