Drove Road, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11616

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Drove Road, ridge and furrow

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow aligned north to south.

Easting

414790

Northing

567190

Grid Reference

NZ414790567190

Sources

Aerial photographs in Newcastle City Council's Planning Department, Fairey Surveys 1974, BKS Surveys 1981, R & I 1991