Backworth, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
17744

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Backworth, ridge and furrow

Place:
Backworth

Map Sheet:
NZ37NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Strips of possible medieval ridge and furrow and post medieval narrow ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks on historical air photos. These remains appear to have been levelled on more recent air photos.

Easting:
3032

Northing:
7305

Grid Reference:
NZ30327305

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
RAF/CPE/UK/2352 FS 3011 04-OCT-1947; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3073 06-MAY-2016; Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project