Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow

HER Number:
7751

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow

Place:
Gardener's Houses

Map Sheet:
NZ27NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific:
Ridge and Furrow

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Two small areas of ridge and furrow have been identified around Gardener’s Houses from aerial photographs. One was said to be west of the farm, the other to the north-east, but only the latter was still visible in 1996, the othe rhaving been removed by open-casting. The surviving patch of earthworks was reported to be around grid ref. NZ 209 744.

Easting:
209

Northing:
744

Grid Reference:
NZ209744

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p.9. (T&W HER 1996/13)