Cleadon, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
4911

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, ridge and furrow

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Ridge and furrow has been identified on aerial photographs held at National Monuments Records Centre, Swindon. At least one area is thought to be medieval ridge and furrow due to its curving form and the fact that it overlies the post enclosure field boundary system. By 1965 these features appear to have disappeared, probably as a result of modern intensive farming techniques. Further areas of ridge and furrow of probable post medieval and post enclosure origin (i.e. 18th century) adjoin this. They have a linear form and appear to respect the line of the post-enclosure field boundary system. These remains also seem to have disappeared.

Easting:
3938

Northing:
6086

Grid Reference:
NZ39386086

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4911 >> RPS Consultants, 2000, Sunderland AFC Academy, Whitburn Moor, Tyne and Wear, Archaeological Assessment