Washingwells, field boundaries

HER Number

11684

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Washingwells, field boundaries

Place

Washingwells

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Boundary

Site Type: Specific

Field Boundary

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

Probable field boundaries of Medieval or Post Medieval period seen as cropmarks on air photographs. Seen at the top of hill slopes south-east of Washingwells and visible over a distance of 150m north to south and 70m east to west.

Easting

421980

Northing

560350

Grid Reference

NZ421980560350

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1432197; Aerial Photograph NMR NZ 21 60/51 (15933/70) 27-JUN-1994