ridge and furrow, Clara Vale
ridge and furrow, Clara Vale
HER Number
11622
District
Gateshead
Site Name
ridge and furrow, Clara Vale
Place
Clara Vale
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
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
Aerial photographs taken in the 1940s show post-medieval narrow ridge and furrow earthworks. More recent aerial photography, taken primarily in the 1990s, shows that some of the earthworks are no longer extant. Some are built over and some are quarried although remnants of the sub-surface ridge and furrow was identified during a geophysical survey in 2015.
Easting
413900
Northing
562500
Grid Reference
NZ413900562500
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1440483; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3221 04-OCT-1947; RAF CPE/UK/2352 1217 04-OCT-1947; AD Archaeology, 2015, Land north of A695, Crawcrook, Gateshead - Geophysical Survey