Woolsington, Woolsington Park, pheasantries

HER Number:
16533

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Woolsington, Woolsington Park, pheasantries

Place:
Woolsington

Map Sheet:
NZ17SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Hunting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Pheasantry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:

Description:
Two pheasantries shown on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey Plan 1894. One has a rectalinear enclosure, but the other has no precise location marked and is near one of the earlier ornamental clumps of trees. The southern most pheasantry had gone by 1947.

Easting:
197

Northing:
707

Grid Reference:
NZ197707

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Addyman Archaeology, 2014, Woolsington, Woolsington Park - Archaeological Assessment