Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
HER Number
11752
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
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
Earthwork
Description
Narrow ridge and furrow of Post Medieval date seen on air photographs. Small areas of the earthworks appear to be still present - in the area of Holy Cross and north of Scaffold Hill. Elsewhere remains have been levelled or destroyed by development.
Easting
430500
Northing
567500
Grid Reference
NZ430500567500
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405927; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 1074 16-AUG-1942; RAF 106G/UK/1193 4177 27-FEB-1946; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment