Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow
Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow
HER Number
16326
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Gardener's Houses, ridge and furrow
Place
Gardener's Houses
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
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
Earthwork
Description
Area of ridge and furrow located close to Brenkley village (HER1329) with east-west and north-south orientated ridge and furrow. The east-west ridge and furrow has a wavelength of c.6m and a depth of 0.30m. The north-south ridge and furrow has a wavelength of 6m.
Easting
421180
Northing
574090
Grid Reference
NZ421180574090
Sources
Tyne and Wear Musuems, 2012, Brenkley Lane South - archaeological assessment