Heaton, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11652

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Heaton, ridge and furrow

Place:
Heaton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Ridge and furrow of probable Post Medieval date mapped from air photographs. Most has been destroyed by development, but in sports grounds earthworks still survive.

Easting:
271

Northing:
675

Grid Reference:
NZ271675

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1430305; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4255 27-FEB-1946, RAF 106G/LA/181 1004 16-MAR-1945, RAF FNO/98 1072 16-AUG-1942