Hendon, ridge and furrow

HER Number

12650

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hendon, ridge and furrow

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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 Sunderland, centred at NZ 401 552. Most appears to be extant on the latest 1992 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
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Easting

440030

Northing

555170

Grid Reference

NZ440030555170

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1462618; RAF 106G/UK/873 6132 01-OCT-1945; RAF 106G/UK/873 6213 01-OCT-1945