West Chirton, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11766

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Chirton, ridge and furrow

Place

West Chirton

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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 and narrow ridge and furrow of either Medieval or Post Medieval date mapped from air photographs. A few areas may now be levelled but most are built over.

Easting

433300

Northing

567600

Grid Reference

NZ433300567600

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405922; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5339 15-APR-1946; RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5148 04-APR-1946