Woolsington, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11480

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Woolsington, ridge and furrow

Place

Woolsington

Map Sheet

NZ17SE

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

Levelled Earthwork

Description

Medieval or post medieval narrow ridge and furrow seen as earthworks and levelled earthworks on aerial photographs. South-west of Newcastle Airport.

Easting

418600

Northing

570200

Grid Reference

NZ418600570200

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1440723); Aerial Photograph RAF/106G/UK/1193 4194 27-Feb-1946 and NMR OS/80076 289 11-May-1980