Grangetown, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12657

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Grangetown, ridge and furrow

Place

Grangetown

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Post medieval and medieval/post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on air photogrpahs in the non civil parish of Sunderland. Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1992) Ordnance Survey vertical photography; others have been built over.
(1-2)

Easting

440800

Northing

554210

Grid Reference

NZ440800554210

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1462474; RAF CPE/UK/2352 2317 04-OCT-1947; RAF CPE/UK/2352 1326 04-OCT-1947