Fox and Hounds Lane, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11675

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Fox and Hounds Lane, ridge and furrow

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Levelled Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow of probable Medieval date seen on air photographs. Most have been levelled on built on.

Easting

421700

Northing

564800

Grid Reference

NZ421700564800

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1432223; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5018 16-MAY-1948, RAF 26/AC 10400, 10402 22-OCT-1930