Narrow ridge and furrow of Post Medieval date and ridge and furrow of possible Medieval date mapped from air photographs. To the east of Salter's Lane some of the features centred at NZ 264 694 remain as earthworks, but some are levelled. Other remains have been destroyed by development.
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
SITEDESC
Narrow ridge and furrow of Post Medieval date and ridge and furrow of possible Medieval date mapped from air photographs. To the east of Salter's Lane some of the features centred at NZ 264 694 remain as earthworks, but some are levelled. Other remains have been destroyed by development.
Site Name
Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
Site Type: Specific
Ridge and Furrow
HER Number
11647
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1430331; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4182 27-FEB-1946 and RAF 106G/UK/1193 4178 27-FEB-1946 and RAF 106G/LA/106 1044 21-JAN-1945
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
25
District
Gateshead
Easting
412440
EASTING2
1242
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
11
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 16 SW 77
Northing
560420
NORTHING2
6030
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Place
Coalburns
Description
Linear bank of unknown date shown on air photographs of 1959. The bank runs north-south.
Site Type: Broad
Feature
SITEDESC
Linear bank of unknown date shown on air photographs of 1959. The bank runs north-south.
Aircraft obstructions of WW2 mapped from air photographs taken soon after the war. Formed in a grid layout, on the west side of Forest Hall and east of Benton Lane, over an area of 500m x 300m. A ditch with adjacent lines of mounds of upcast spoil. Levelled and then destroyed by the school. Evidence may survive in the fields west of the college.
Site Type: Broad
Defence Obstruction
SITEDESC
Aircraft obstructions of Second World War mapped from air photographs taken soon after the war. Formed in a grid layout, on the west side of Forest Hall and east of Benton Lane, over an area of 500m x 300m. A ditch with adjacent lines of mounds of upcast spoil. Levelled and then destroyed by the school. Evidence may survive in the fields west of the college.
Post medieval coal mining site, with tramway, drift (HER 6945 and 6947) mine shaft and ventilation shaft visible as earthworks and structures on air photographs of 1947. Levelled mostly by 1977.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Post medieval coal mining site, with tramway, drift (HER 6945 and 6947) mine shaft and ventilation shaft visible as earthworks and structures on air photographs of 1947. Levelled mostly by 1977.