Blaydon, narrow ridge and furrow

HER Number

11490

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, narrow ridge and furrow

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

Levelled Earthwork

Description

Narrow ridge and furrow of Post Medieval date mapped from aerial photographs of 1946 and 1947. Some has been destroyed by development, other earthworks have been levelled.

Easting

417200

Northing

562500

Grid Reference

NZ417200562500

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1436068); Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 3314 27-FEB-1946 AND RAF CPE/UK/2352 3209, 3214 04-OCT-1947