Monument record 9052/0/2 - Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow

Earthworks of medieval/post-medieval ridge and furrow cultivation identified on aerial photographs during the Open Fields Project.

{3} There are brilliant examples of 1636 ridge and furrow at Seales farm. One field shows clearly the reverse S bend created by a ploughing turn.

{4} Much of the ridge and furrow is still well preserved and good examples of hollow ways and headlands are visible in a number of places running between end-on furlongs (eg SP474428 and 487435). Elsewhere end-on furlongs have been joined together; the point of junction is indicated by a sudden change in direction of the ridges and in some places by the merging of two or more ridges into a single one (eg SP482431 and 477429).

<1> Hall D.; Palmer R., 2001, Midland Open Fields Project: Digital Archive, (part checked) (Archive). SNN105253.

<2> Hall D.N., 2001, Turning The Plough - Midland Open Fields: Landscape Character and Proposals for Management, (unchecked) (Book). SNN101551.

<3> Bowes J.P., 1997, Archaeology Survey Of Chacombe and Environs, (checked) (Report). SNN101068.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.27 site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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Jul 31 2024 12:29PM