Heaton, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11652

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Heaton, ridge and furrow

Place

Heaton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Levelled Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow of probable Post Medieval date mapped from air photographs. Most has been destroyed by development, but in sports grounds earthworks still survive.

Easting

427100

Northing

567500

Grid Reference

NZ427100567500

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1430305; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4255 27-FEB-1946, RAF 106G/LA/181 1004 16-MAR-1945, RAF FNO/98 1072 16-AUG-1942