Crawcrook, linear bank

HER Number

9279

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Crawcrook, linear bank

Place

Crawcrook

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Ridge and Furrow

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Ridge and furrow is visible in this area on aerial photographs but is heavily degraded. A low bank ran north-east from Castle Hill Farm. This is a remnant of the strip-field system in use before 1794 and marks the point where north-south ploughed strips met east-west strips. The boundary is evident on the 1794 enclosure plan.

Easting

412700

Northing

564120

Grid Reference

NZ412700564120

Sources

Wardell Armstrong, 2007, Crawcrook Quarry - Consolidating Planning Application and Environmental Statement, p 13.4; Inclosure plan and schedule, Crawcrook Township, 1794, Durham Record Office NCB 1/SC/734-5