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

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

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

428980

Northing

566980

Grid Reference

NZ428980566980

Sources

Google Earth historical imagery 1945 RAF photos