Whitburn, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
12583

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, ridge and furrow

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Post medieval and medieval/post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs in the non civil parish of Tyne and Wear, centred at NZ 4061 6248. Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1993) Ordnance Survey vertical air photographs, others have been built over. (1-2)

Easting:
4013

Northing:
6270

Grid Reference:
NZ40136270

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463027; RAF CPE/UK/2352 2173 04-OCT-1947; RAF 58/B/40 5187 18-MAY-1948