Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
12551

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37NE

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:
Post medieval ridge and furrow is visible in the non civil parish of North Tyneside as earthworks, cropmarks and levelled earthworks. Some elements appear to be no longer extant on the latest (1988) Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3494

Northing:
7502

Grid Reference:
NZ34947502

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; Vertical aerial photograph RAF 58/B/40 5127 18-MAY-1948; NMR Monument No. 1464867