Shaftesbury Crescent, ridge and furrow

HER Number

5278

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Shaftesbury Crescent, ridge and furrow

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

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

Well preserved ridge and furrow survives in the fields south of Whitley Bay ice rink and Marden Park Nature Reserve. Aerial photographs show that traces of former railways including the Blyth and Tyne (HER 1049) cut across this area.

Easting

435330

Northing

571290

Grid Reference

NZ435330571290

Sources

<< HER 5278 >> Aerial Photograph, Tim Gates, 2001, T+W/01/A -Historic Environment Record