Primrose Bridge, ridge and furrow

HER Number

1805

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Primrose Bridge, ridge and furrow

Place

Hedworth

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Cultivation Marks

Site Type: Specific

Broad Ridge and Furrow

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Aerial photographs of the area clearly show ridge and furrow ploughing extending features in places right to the banks of the River Don. The ridge and furrow in the Don valley is likely to be 14th or 15th century in date.

Easting

433470

Northing

563170

Grid Reference

NZ433470563170

Sources

<< HER 1805 >> Tyne and Wear Museums,1992, Don Valley Survey, p 10; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403241; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 2188 04-OCT-1947, RAF 540/1792 130 13-MAR-1956, NMR NZ 3261/5 (19864/15) 14-MAR-2001