Dewley, ridge and furrow

HER Number

7815

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Dewley, ridge and furrow

Place

Dewley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Truncated ridge & furrow cultivation features of probable medieval date were noted during archaeological evaluation work in 1994 beneath modern ploughsoil. They were located in a field centred on NZ 1603 6806 (Field 25 in AP 1996, Fig. 3) containing the Dewley Hill burial mound.

Easting

416030

Northing

568060

Grid Reference

NZ416030568060

Sources

The Archaeological Practice, 1996, Crescent Farm Opencast Coal Site: Archaeological Assessment, Figure AP3. Unpublished report prepared for RJB MINING (UK) Limited. (T&W HER 1996/Box 11A/26)