Crawcrook, Pre-Inclosure field boundary

HER Number:
7818

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Crawcrook, Pre-Inclosure field boundary

Place:
Crawcrook

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Boundary

Site Type: Specific:
Filed Boundary

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This field boundary running north from Crawcrook lane to the Tyne at Eels Wood (Eels Gate on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map) has been identified on the basis of historic map evidence as a remnant of the strip field system in use prior to 1794.

Easting:
1279

Northing:
6441

Grid Reference:
NZ12796441

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Wardell Armstrong, 1997, Crawcrook Quarry: Consolidating Planning Application and Environmental Statement. Unpublished report for The Ryton Gravel Co. Ltd. (T&W HER 1997 Box 15/30)