Gardener's Houses, cropmark
Gardener's Houses, cropmark
HER Number
16949
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Gardener's Houses, cropmark
Place
Gardener's Houses
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
Site Type: Specific
Site
General Period
UNCERTAIN
Specific Period
Uncertain
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Linear cropmark shown on a 1945 aerial photograph south of Gardener's Houses rectilinear enclosure (HER176). The feature stops at the former field boundary just below the enclosure. It has been suggested that the cropmark could be postholes associated with the nearby enclosure. However, they only appear on the 1945 AP raising the possibility that it may be an anti-aircraft feature from the Second World War. It should also be mentioned that the cropmark is on the same line as the ridge and furrow.
Easting
420900
Northing
574130
Grid Reference
NZ420900574130
Sources
Google Earth 1945 Aerial Photograph; Pers. Comm. 2015, Jennifer Morrison