Ravensworth, South Park, ditch

HER Number

13479

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ravensworth, South Park, ditch

Place

Ravensworth

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Ditch

Site Type: Specific

Ditch

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

An unusually deep ditch in the north-west corner of South Park. May have been part of the medieval park.

Easting

422960

Northing

559010

Grid Reference

NZ422960559010

Sources

North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 97, gazetteer no. 5B