Leazes Park, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11700

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Leazes Park, ridge and furrow

Place

Newcastle

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

Earthwork

Description

Medieval ridge and furrow within Leazes Park, part of a larger system covering Newcastle Town Moor. Field survey in 1997 identified earthworks of three ridges, measuring approximately 100m long and 0.1m high. Other more poorly preserved ridges were also identified in the park. Ridge and furrow was mapped from earlier air photographs.

Easting

424000

Northing

564900

Grid Reference

NZ424000564900

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1079888; Colin Lofthouse, RCHME, 1997, Leazes Park Survey; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5018 16-MAY-1948