Penshaw, boundary bank

HER Number:
16667

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, boundary bank

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Boundary

Site Type: Specific:
Boundary Bank

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Physical Evidence

Description:
Township boundary banks first detailed on first edition map and annotated R.H for right side of hedge. Boundary no longer mainted after 1898. Bank survives as only a very ephemeral earthworth, greatest at its southern extent where it stands 0.5m high but peters out before the path to the east. Measures 2m wide at western end.

Easting:
3337

Northing:
5469

Grid Reference:
NZ33375469

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2010, Historic Environment Survey for National Trust Properties, Tyne and Wear - Penshaw Monument