Whitburn, ridge and furrow
Whitburn, ridge and furrow
HER Number
12583
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn, ridge and furrow
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
Site Type: Specific
Ridge and Furrow
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Post medieval and medieval/post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs in the non civil parish of Tyne and Wear, centred at NZ 4061 6248. Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1993) Ordnance Survey vertical air photographs, others have been built over.
(1-2)
(1-2)
Easting
440130
Northing
562700
Grid Reference
NZ440130562700
Sources
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463027; RAF CPE/UK/2352 2173 04-OCT-1947; RAF 58/B/40 5187 18-MAY-1948