Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
17753

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:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
Small blocks of possible medieval ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks in the small fields adjacent to the inn known as Clark’s Houses (Beehive Inn). Some parts have now been levelled.

Easting:
3292

Northing:
7345

Grid Reference:
NZ32927345

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 RP 3007 04-OCT-1947 ; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3273 05-JUN-2016