Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12551

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, ridge and furrow

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Post medieval ridge and furrow is visible in the non civil parish of North Tyneside as earthworks, cropmarks and levelled earthworks. Some elements appear to be no longer extant on the latest (1988) Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434940

Northing

575020

Grid Reference

NZ434940575020

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; Vertical aerial photograph RAF 58/B/40 5127 18-MAY-1948; NMR Monument No. 1464867