Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12546

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37NW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthwork on air photograhps in the non-civil parish of North Tyneside. Some appear to be no longer extant in 1988 OS photography.

Easting

434690

Northing

575160

Grid Reference

NZ434690575160

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; Vertical aerial photograph; RAF CPE/UK/2352 2004 04-OCT-1947; NMR Monument No. 1464872