Whitburn, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
12585

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, ridge and furrow

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Ridge and Furrow

Site Type: Specific:
Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
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 4083 6216. Also a hollow way is visible as an earthwork and centered at NZ 4066 6147. Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1993) Ordnance Survey vertical air photographs, others have been built over. (1-3)

Easting:
4093

Northing:
6160

Grid Reference:
NZ40936160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463018; RAF CPE/UK/2352 2173 04-OCT-1947; RAF 106G/UK/1316 5276 27-MAR-1946; RAF 106G/UK/1316 5272-5273 27-MAR-1946