West Chirton, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
11766

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
West Chirton, ridge and furrow

Place:
West Chirton

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Ridge and furrow and narrow ridge and furrow of either Medieval or Post Medieval date mapped from air photographs. A few areas may now be levelled but most are built over.

Easting:
333

Northing:
676

Grid Reference:
NZ333676

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405922; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5339 15-APR-1946; RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5148 04-APR-1946