Ryton, tithe barn

HER Number

7831

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, tithe barn

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Agricultural Building

Site Type: Specific

Tithe Barn

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Ruined Building

Description

The churchyard wall incorporates the north wall of a possible tithe barn of late medieval or early post-medieval date, with triangular vents.

Easting

415160

Northing

564820

Grid Reference

NZ415160564820

Sources

Ryder P, 1997, A drainage trench in the churchyard of Holy Cross Church, Ryton: An Archaeological Watching Brief. Unpublished report. (T&W HER 1997, Box 16A/60)