Wardley, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11749

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Wardley, ridge and furrow

Place:
Wardley

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 as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs north west of Wardley. Some of the blocks have the classic curved pattern indicative of medieval cultivation.

Easting:
308

Northing:
618

Grid Reference:
NZ308618

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403239 and 26608; Aerial Photograph NMR OS/92254 256 15-JUL-1992; NZ3061/3 TMG 19864/8 14-MAR-2001