Sunderland, Backhouse Park, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
16198

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Backhouse Park, ridge and furrow

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

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:
Surveyed as part of a ridge and furrow project by ASUD in 2013. The ridge and furrow was recorded where possible as tree cover in the park was extensive. Several lynchets were also recorded measuring between c.149-150m+ and between 4-8m in width. Ridges measured up to 10m in width and up to 0.6m in height.The remains are probably associated with a settlement in the area. The spacing of the ridge and the presence of lynchets suggest a medieval date.

Easting:
3971

Northing:
5560

Grid Reference:
NZ39715560

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, Ridge and Furrow Project, County Durham, Teeside and Tyne and Wear, Topographic Survey