Whitburn, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12585

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

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 and cropmarks on air photographs in the non-civil parish of Tyne and Wear, centred at NZ 4083 6216. Also a hollow way is visible as an earthwork and centered at NZ 4066 6147.
Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1993) Ordnance Survey vertical air photographs, others have been built over.
(1-3)

Easting

440930

Northing

561600

Grid Reference

NZ440930561600

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463018; RAF CPE/UK/2352 2173 04-OCT-1947; RAF 106G/UK/1316 5276 27-MAR-1946; RAF 106G/UK/1316 5272-5273 27-MAR-1946