Philadelphia, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
14870

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Philadelphia, ridge and furrow

Place:
Philadelphia

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Broad rigg with reversed S shape. Survives as upstanding earthworks. Wavelength between 6 and 8m. Ploughing since 1964 has destroyed a lot more of the earthworks. Elsewhere later ridge and furrow was picked up by geophysical survey. Average wavelength was 3 to 5.5m.

Easting:
3333

Northing:
5196

Grid Reference:
NZ33335196

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Aerial Photograph OS/64246 Frame 172 12-Oct-1964; Jamie Scott, TWM Archaeology, December 2011, Land to the south and south-west of the former Lambton Engine Works Site, Philadelphia - Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Transcription of Earthworks