Newcastle, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11705

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

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow of post medieval date. Many of the remains have been levelled but there are some well preserved earthworks.

Easting

422700

Northing

566800

Grid Reference

NZ422700566800

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433832; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5241 16-MAY-1948; NMR OS/92057 224 19-APR-1992