Monkseaton, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12579

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Monkseaton, ridge and furrow

Place

Monkseaton

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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 earthworks on air photographs in the non-civil parish of North Tyneside, centred at NZ 343 736. Most appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434360

Northing

572350

Grid Reference

NZ434360572350

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1464822; RAF 58/B/32 5813 16-MAY-1948; RAF 58/B/40 5074 18-MAY-1948 RAF 106G/UK/1193 3077 27-FEB-1946