Penshaw Wood

HER Number

16669

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Wood

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Managed Woodland

Site Type: Specific

Wood

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Physical Evidence

Description

Block of probably ancient semi-natural woodland. Appears on Greenwood's 1820 map of the area but recent species analysis suggests it may be Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland. There is also a possible reference to the site in accounts from the civil war seige in 1644.

Easting

433300

Northing

554400

Grid Reference

NZ433300554400

Sources

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