Lemington cemetery, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11619

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Lemington cemetery, ridge and furrow

Place

Lemington

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow survives, much reduced, in the unused part of the cemetery on the western side, aligned north to south.

Easting

418310

Northing

565540

Grid Reference

NZ418310565540

Sources

Aerial photographs in Newcastle City Council's Planning Department, Fairey Surveys 1974, BKS Surveys 1981, R & I 1991