South Shields, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11745

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, ridge and furrow

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

Two blocks of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow seen on air photographs from 1948. The fields have been built over.

Easting

434800

Northing

563800

Grid Reference

NZ434800563800

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403243; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5403 16-MAY-1948