Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow
Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow
HER Number
7751
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow
Place
Gardener's Houses
Map Sheet
NZ27NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
Site Type: Specific
Ridge and Furrow
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
Two small areas of ridge and furrow have been identified around Gardener’s Houses from aerial photographs. One was said to be west of the farm, the other to the north-east, but only the latter was still visible in 1996, the othe rhaving been removed by open-casting. The surviving patch of earthworks was reported to be around grid ref. NZ 209 744.
Easting
420900
Northing
574400
Grid Reference
NZ420900574400
Sources
The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Gardener’s Houses, Dinnington, Tyne & Wear: An Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for H J Banks & company Limited, p.9. (T&W HER 1996/13)