Whitburn common fields
Whitburn common fields
HER Number
887
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn common fields
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
Site Type: Specific
Broad Ridge and Furrow
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Description
The names South, East and West Fields survive within the township of Whitburn on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch map, and roughly correspond with the surviving traces of ridge and furrow. In East Field there is/was ridge and furrow on the rifle range, centred on NZ 410 627. In West Field certain and probable remains survive both north and south of Cleadon Lane. In South Field there are traces of ridge and furrow south-east of the village, south of Moor Lane and west of Sunderland Road.
Easting
440975
Northing
562690
Grid Reference
NZ440975562690
Sources
<< HER 887 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham IV and VIII
Aerial Photograph, South Tyneside Planning Dept., 1981
Aerial Photograph, South Tyneside Planning Dept., Geonex 1991 - 1:5000, 141 91 293, 294, 297; The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast fromSouth Shields to Whitburn - Archaeology and History, pp 18-19; (1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF CPE/UK/2352 2173 04-OCT-1947 (2) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 58/B/40 5187 18-MAY-1948
Aerial Photograph, South Tyneside Planning Dept., 1981
Aerial Photograph, South Tyneside Planning Dept., Geonex 1991 - 1:5000, 141 91 293, 294, 297; The Arbeia Society, 2004, The Coast fromSouth Shields to Whitburn - Archaeology and History, pp 18-19; (1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF CPE/UK/2352 2173 04-OCT-1947 (2) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 58/B/40 5187 18-MAY-1948