Jarrow, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11733

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, ridge and furrow

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

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:
Several blocks of medieval or later ridge and furrow seen on air photographs. Some of the blocks have the classic curved pattern indicative of medieval cultivation. Much has been built over but some still survives.

Easting:
331

Northing:
630

Grid Reference:
NZ331630

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403241; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 2188 04-OCT-1947, RAF 540/1792 130 13-MAR-1956, NMR NZ 3261/5 (19864/15) 14-MAR-2001