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:
Ridge and Furrow

Site Type: Specific:
Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

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:
305

Northing:
617

Grid Reference:
NZ305617

Lats/Lons:

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.