Throckley, Dewley Hill, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
1578

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Dewley Hill, ridge and furrow

Place:
Dewley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18/C19

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Ridge and furrow plough marks survive in pasture south and east of Dewley Farm. It can be dated approximately by reference to the waggonways -the ridges were formed after the waggonway was laid. A date within the period later 18th century - early 19th century can therefore be assigned to the cultivation. This is not unusual for narrow rigg cultivation. The farms at Fell House and Dewley are shown on the 1767 survey (by J. Thompson) which marks the individual field parcels, showing that the maximum extent of enclosure had been schieved by that time.

Easting:
1651

Northing:
6767

Grid Reference:
NZ16516767

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1578 >> The Archaeological Practice, 1994, Dewley Hill Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Assessment; Headland Archaeology, 2017. Dewley Hill Surface Mine.