Throckley, fishery

HER Number:
12319

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, fishery

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fish Trap

Site Type: Specific:
Fish Weir

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A fishery is mentioned in 1368.

Easting:
160

Northing:
655

Grid Reference:
NZ160655

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
V.E. Watts, 1988, Some Northumbrian Fishery Names III in Durham Archaeological Journal, 4, 1988, pp 53-59; M.H. Dodds, 1930, A History of Northumberland, Vol. XIII, p. 161