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

Medieval 1066 to 1540

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

433100

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ433100563000

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