Philadelphia, ridge and furrow
Philadelphia, ridge and furrow
HER Number
14870
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Philadelphia, ridge and furrow
Place
Philadelphia
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
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
Earthwork
Description
Broad rigg with reversed S shape. Survives as upstanding earthworks. Wavelength between 6 and 8m. Ploughing since 1964 has destroyed a lot more of the earthworks. Elsewhere later ridge and furrow was picked up by geophysical survey. Average wavelength was 3 to 5.5m.
Easting
433330
Northing
551960
Grid Reference
NZ433330551960
Sources
Aerial Photograph OS/64246 Frame 172 12-Oct-1964; Jamie Scott, TWM Archaeology, December 2011, Land to the south and south-west of the former Lambton Engine Works Site, Philadelphia - Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Transcription of Earthworks