Earsdon, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
17751

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Earsdon, ridge and furrow

Place:
Earsdon

Map Sheet:
NZ37NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Extensive ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks and cropmarks in the fields to the north and west of Earsdon. Most of these plough ridges are broad and are likely to be of medieval origin, but some of the narrower ridge may be of post medieval origin. Areas relating to this HER number have now been levelled.

Easting:
3190

Northing:
7278

Grid Reference:
NZ31907278

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3172 10-APR-2015; RAF/106G/UK/1193 RP 3081 27-FEB-1946; RAF/58/B/32 Vp2 5735 16-MAY-1948; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 RP 4013 04-OCT-1947