Crawcrook, Pre-Enclosure field boundary

HER Number

7818

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Crawcrook, Pre-Enclosure field boundary

Place

Crawcrook

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Boundary

Site Type: Specific

Field Boundary

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This field boundary running north from Crawcrook lane to the Tyne at Eels Wood (Eels Gate on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map) has been identified on the basis of historic map evidence as a remnant of the strip field system in use prior to 1794.

Easting

412790

Northing

564410

Grid Reference

NZ412790564410

Sources

Wardell Armstrong, 1997, Crawcrook Quarry: Consolidating Planning Application and Environmental Statement. Unpublished report for The Ryton Gravel Co. Ltd. (T&W HER 1997 Box 15/30)