Monument record 9512/0/4 - Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow

Earthwork (Aerial Photography)

{5} This area of ridge and furrow retains a coherent pattern of former furlongs within it.

{6} Widely spaced curving parallel linear anomalies, probably related to ridge and furrow.

{7} Extant earthworks, the remains of medieval ridge and furrow, were present across the site. The orientation and extent of ridge and furrow is clearly recorded in the geophysical survey.

<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> Soden I.; Holmes M., 1995, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Geophysical Survey at Weddell Way, Brackmills, Northampton, (checked) (Report). SNN2412.

<4> Info Terra Ltd; Blue Sky; Tele Atlas, 2007, Google Earth Imagery, (checked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN108452.

<5> Weaver, S. & Roper-Pressdee, S., 2013, Cultural Heritage Desk Based Assessment: Project Gulliver, Brackmills Point, Northampton, Northamptonshire, p.24 (checked) (Report). SNN109452.

<6> Prestidge, O.J., 2013, Geophysical Survey Report: Project Gulliver, Brackmills Point, Northampton, p.6 (checked) (Report). SNN109464.

<7> Hughes, V., 2014, Land East of Brackmills, Northampton: Archaeological Evaluation Report, p.9 (checked) (Report). SNN109449.

Record last edited

Sep 16 2014 9:21AM