Denton Burn, ridge and furrow

HER Number

11494

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Denton Burn, ridge and furrow

Place

Denton Burn

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Ridge and Furrow

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Levelled Earthwork

Description

Ridge and furrow of probable Post Medieval date, two small areas - one beside Dumpling Hall and the other 500m further east of the western side of Denton Dene. Site now levelled.

Easting

419000

Northing

564500

Grid Reference

NZ419000564500

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1436054); Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5233 15-Apr-1946