Throckley, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11471

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley, ridge and furrow

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Narrow Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Post medieval ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947. Photography taken in 1992 shows that most of the earthworks are no longer extant.

Easting

414700

Northing

566700

Grid Reference

NZ414700566700

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1440231, NMR NZ 16 NW 122); Aerial Photograph RAF/26/AC 10419 22-Oct-1930; OS/92057 163 19-Apr-1992; RAF/58/2685/F22 157 23-Jan-1959; RAF/106G/UK/1193 156 27-Feb-1946; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 1124 04-Oct-1947