Tunstall, ridge and furrow

HER Number

8380

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Tunstall, ridge and furrow

Place

Tunstall

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Ridge and Furrow

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

An aerial photograph of 1980 shows ridge and furrow earthworks as cropmarks in the fields to the north, east and west of Tunstall.

Easting

439190

Northing

553770

Grid Reference

NZ439190553770

Sources

Aerial Photograph, BKS Surveys Ltd, 1980, Sunderland City Library Ref. 3021239 Fr. 310