Newcastle, Leazes Park, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11700

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Leazes Park, ridge and furrow

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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 within Leazes Park, part of a larger system covering Newcastle Town Moor. Field survey in 1997 identified earthworks of three ridges, measuring approximately 100m long and 0.1m high. Other more poorly preserved ridges were also identified in the park. Ridge and furrow was mapped from earlier air photographs.

Easting:
240

Northing:
649

Grid Reference:
NZ240649

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1079888; Colin Lofthouse, RCHME, 1997, Leazes Park Survey; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5018 16-MAY-1948