Monument record 8507/0/8 - 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. Further earthworks identified from remote sensing imagery.

{?} Block of ridge and furrow may formerly have been part of Hinton township fields. Mapped evidence of township holdings (Fig.194) suggests it was part of Woodford Halse, however township mapping provided by D.Hall places the earthworks within Hinton.

{3} To the north east of the village (SP548531) the modern allotments have been laid out on the pre-existing ridge and furrow and as a result have uneven widths and a reversed S-curve.

<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> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.203 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Environment Agency, LIDAR Composite DTM - 1m, Accessed 20/06/2024 (Digital Plots). SNN111710.

Record last edited

Jun 20 2024 12:37PM