Woolsington Park, pheasantries
Woolsington Park, pheasantries
HER Number
16533
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Woolsington Park, pheasantries
Place
Woolsington
Map Sheet
NZ17SE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Hunting Site
Site Type: Specific
Pheasantry
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
419700
Northing
570700
Grid Reference
NZ419700570700
Sources
Addyman Archaeology, 2014, Woolsington, Woolsington Park - Archaeological Assessment