Whitburn, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12597

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

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 as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs in the non civil parish of Sunderland, at NZ 4028 6057. Some areas are no longer extant on the latest (1993) Ordnance Survey vertical air photographs, others have been built over.
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Easting

440200

Northing

560620

Grid Reference

NZ440200560620

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463030; RAF 58/B/40 5187 18-MAY-1948