Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11752

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

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:
Narrow ridge and furrow of Post Medieval date seen on air photographs. Small areas of the earthworks appear to be still present - in the area of Holy Cross and north of Scaffold Hill. Elsewhere remains have been levelled or destroyed by development.

Easting:
305

Northing:
675

Grid Reference:
NZ305675

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405927; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 1074 16-AUG-1942; RAF 106G/UK/1193 4177 27-FEB-1946; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment