Earsdon, ridge and furrow

Earsdon, ridge and furrow

HER Number
17751
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Earsdon, ridge and furrow
Place
Earsdon
Map Sheet
NZ37NW
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
Levelled Earthwork
Description
Extensive ridge and furrow is visible as earthworks and cropmarks in the fields to the north and west of Earsdon. Most of these plough ridges are broad and are likely to be of medieval origin, but some of the narrower ridge may be of post medieval origin. Areas relating to this HER number have now been levelled.
Easting
431900
Northing
572780
Grid Reference
NZ431900572780
Sources
Alison Deegan, 2018, South East Northumberland Air Photograph and Lidar Mapping Project; Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3172 10-APR-2015; RAF/106G/UK/1193 RP 3081 27-FEB-1946; RAF/58/B/32 Vp2 5735 16-MAY-1948; RAF/CPE/UK/2352 RP 4013 04-OCT-1947