The Moors, ridge and furrow
The Moors, ridge and furrow
HER Number
19102
District
Sunderland
Site Name
The Moors, ridge and furrow
Place
Great Eppleton
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
Physical Evidence
Description
This single field of medieval ridge and furrow aligned N-S survives between several other fields of narrower straighter ridge and furrow of a later date. Nineteenth and twentieth century Ordnance Survey maps show the fields as plantations.
Easting
436752
Northing
549094
Grid Reference
NZ436752549094
Sources
Environment Agency 1m LIDAR dated 2024