Woolsington, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11703

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Woolsington, ridge and furrow

Place

Woolsington

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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 medieval or post medieval date seen and mapped from air photographs. Most has been levelled or built over.

Easting

420300

Northing

569400

Grid Reference

NZ420300569400

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433819; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 3192 27-FEB-1946; Potten, S and Jarosz-Blackburn, R. 2018. Land south of Brunton Bridge Farm, Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Archaeological strip, map and sample report, AOC Archaeology Group