Gateshead, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11747

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, ridge and furrow

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Several blocks of post medieval ridge and furrow seen on air photographs. Much has been built over but there is still some extant on the golf course south of Wardley.

Easting

430500

Northing

561700

Grid Reference

NZ430500561700

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403244; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3189 04-OCT-1947; RAF 58/B/35 5290 16-MAY-1948; NMR OS/92254 344 15-JUL-1992; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019 Gullane Close, Bill Quay archaeological evaluation.