Penshaw, boundary bank

HER Number

16667

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw, boundary bank

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Boundary

Site Type: Specific

Boundary Bank

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Physical Evidence

Description

Township boundary banks first detailed on first edition map and annotated R.H for right side of hedge. Boundary no longer maintained after 1898. Bank survives as only a very ephemeral earthwork, greatest at its southern extent where it stands 0.5m high but peters out before the path to the east. Measures 2m wide at western end.

Easting

433370

Northing

554690

Grid Reference

NZ433370554690

Sources

Archaeo-Environment Ltd, 2010, Historic Environment Survey for National Trust Properties, Tyne and Wear - Penshaw Monument