Whitburn, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
12597

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:
Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs in the non civil parish of Sunderland, at NZ 4028 6057. Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1993) Ordnance Survey vertical air photographs, others have been built over. (1)

Easting:
4020

Northing:
6062

Grid Reference:
NZ40206062

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463030; RAF 58/B/40 5187 18-MAY-1948