Wardley, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11749

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Wardley, ridge and furrow

Place

Wardley

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

Several blocks of medieval or later ridge and furrow seen as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs north west of Wardley. Some of the blocks have the classic curved pattern indicative of medieval cultivation.

Easting

430800

Northing

561800

Grid Reference

NZ430800561800

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403239 and 26608; Aerial Photograph NMR OS/92254 256 15-JUL-1992; NZ3061/3 TMG 19864/8 14-MAR-2001