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:

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:
4080

Northing:
5421

Grid Reference:
NZ40805421

Lats/Lons:

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