Whitley Bay, Shaftesbury Crescent, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
5278

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Shaftesbury Crescent, ridge and furrow

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Well preserved ridge and furrow survives in the fields south of Whitley Bay ice rink and Marden Park Nature Reserve. Aerial photographs show that traces of former railways including the Blyth and Tyne (HER 1049) cut across this area.

Easting:
3533

Northing:
7129

Grid Reference:
NZ35337129

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5278 >> Aerial Photograph, Tim Gates, 2001, T+W/01/A -Historic Environment Record