Newcastle, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11704

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle, ridge and furrow

Place

Newcastle

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

Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow of medieval or post medieval date. Many of the remains have been levelled but there are well preserved earthworks particularly on Nun's Moor.

Easting

422700

Northing

566800

Grid Reference

NZ422700566800

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433823; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 1138 04-OCT-1947; NMR OS/92057 100 19-APR-1992