Follingsby common fields

HER Number:
804

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Follingsby common fields

Place:
Follingsby

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

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:
Prominent ridge and furrow occupies the western third of Heworth golf course. Its significance is not clear. It has been recorded under Follingsby for the time being since this - if it really existed - appears to have been the nearest medieval settlement. However, according to the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, the area of the ridge and furrow was not in any township, but was instead in territory called "Hedworth Detached". It is just possible this was the result of the enclosure of common, or possibly a carve-up of Follingsby.

Easting:
302

Northing:
606

Grid Reference:
NZ302606

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 804 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1858, 6 inch scale, Durham VII Ordnance Survey maps, 1919, 3rd ed. 6 Ordnance Survey maps, 1976, 6 NZ36SW; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403244; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3189 04-OCT-1947; RAF 58/B/35 5290 16-MAY-1948; NMR OS/92254 344 15-JUL-1992