Brenkley, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
16323

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Brenkley, ridge and furrow

Place:
Brenkley

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

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:
Area of ridge and furrow located close to Gardener's House Farm (HER16322) and Brenkley village (HER1329). A 1769 Manor Plan labels this area as East Calferlands. These fields contain north-south and east-west aligned ridge and furrow. The field containing north-south aligned earthworks is unusual in that a later phase of R&F with a wavelength of 7-8m overlies a narrower (3-4m) system. The broader R&F usually tends to pre-date the narrow (mechanised) system. The east-west alignment has a wavelength of between 3-4m and an average surface depth of 0.15m.

Easting:
2182

Northing:
7489

Grid Reference:
NZ21827489

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tyne and Wear Musuems, 2012, Brenkley Lane South - archaeological assessment