South Shields, ridge and furrow
South Shields, ridge and furrow
HER Number
11719
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, ridge and furrow
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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
Destroyed Monument
Description
Several blocks of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow seen as earthworks on vertical photographs from the 1940s. Most blocks have since been built over. Some of the ridge and furrow on the coast edge can still be seen as soilmarks as it has been plough levelled.
Easting
437700
Northing
566000
Grid Reference
NZ437700566000
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1401269; Aerial Photograph RAF/58/B/32 5199 16-MAY-1948; RAF/540/1381 133 07-AUG-1954; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 1159 04-OCT-1947