Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
HER Number
11647
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, narrow ridge and furrow
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Narrow ridge and furrow of Post Medieval date and ridge and furrow of possible Medieval date mapped from air photographs. To the east of Salter's Lane some of the features centred at NZ 264 694 remain as earthworks, but some are levelled. Other remains have been destroyed by development.
Easting
426400
Northing
569400
Grid Reference
NZ426400569400
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1430331; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4182 27-FEB-1946 and RAF 106G/UK/1193 4178 27-FEB-1946 and RAF 106G/LA/106 1044 21-JAN-1945