Ryton, tithe barn

HER Number:
7831

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, tithe barn

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Barn

Site Type: Specific:
Tithe Barn

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Ruined Building

Description:
The churchyard wall incorporates the north wall of a possible tithe barn of late medieval or early post-medieval date, with triangular vents.

Easting:
1516

Northing:
6482

Grid Reference:
NZ15166482

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ryder P, 1997, A drainage trench in the churchyard of Holy Cross Church, Ryton: An Archaeological Watching Brief. Unpublished report. (T&W HER 1997, Box 16A/60)