Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
17752

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

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:
Post medieval narrow ridge and furrow is visible as earthwork on historical air photos. These remains were located on the banks of Brierdene Burn. The course of the burn has been altered in this location and some of these ridges have need destroyed.

Easting:
3265

Northing:
7342

Grid Reference:
NZ32657342

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project; RAF/58/B/40 V 5007 18-MAY-1948; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3273 10-APR-2015; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3273 05-JUN-2016