Bigges Main, West Farm, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
17793

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Bigges Main, West Farm, ridge and furrow

Place:
Bigges Main

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Ridge and Furrow

Site Type: Specific:
Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
A single field of ridge and furrow aligned NW-SE, curving slightly to the NW end, to the south of West Farm. Shown on a 1945 aerial photo on Google Earth. Likely to be no longer extant since the creation of Wallsend Golf Couse.

Easting:
2898

Northing:
6698

Grid Reference:
NZ28986698

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Google Earth historical imagery 1945 RAF photos