Monument record 9051/0/1 - Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow

Earthwork (Aerial Photography)

{3} The ridge and furrow of the medieval field system, which survives as an earthwork, shows up as a dominant feature in the data. The ridge and furrow seen in the survey results mirror the extant earthworks.

{6} Ridge and furrow was noted in all trenches except trench 1.
In trench 4, the southern end ridge had a shallow plantation gully following its creat, 0.08m deep and 0.30m wide.

<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> Simmonds, C., 2011, Archaeological geophysical survey on land at Peace Hill, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, p.2 (checked) (Report). SNN108127.

<4> Horne B. (Editor), 2012, South Midlands Archaeology (42), 42/28 (checked) (Journal). SNN108346.

<5> Chapman P. (Editor), 2012, Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 2011, 37/211 (checked) (Chapter). SNN108375.

<6> Wolframm-Murray, Y., 2012, Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Peace Hill, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, p.6 (checked) (Report). SNN109263.

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Feb 13 2014 10:52AM