Monument record 1382/0/11 - Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow

Earthwork (Aerial Photography)

{4} Ridge and furrow is also traceable in th south west part of the parish in areas already enclosed in 1587 (SP881918-SP895935), though from the field shapes shown on the map it was once clearly part of the common fields. To the north west of Boundary Plantation (SP885922) the steep hillside is scarred by massive landslips. Air photos show that at some time much of the lower parts of these landslips were ploughed in ridge and furrow, despite the technical problems involved.

<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> Info Terra Ltd; Blue Sky; Tele Atlas; Getmapping, 2009, Google Earth Imagery, (checked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN106618.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.61 site 11 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> 1587, Map of Gretton (NRO Map 3597), (unchecked) (Map). SNN233.

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Sep 22 2014 9:43AM