Monument record 9798/0/1 - Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow

Earthwork (Aerial Photography)

{3} Pasture field with ridge and furrow; parts of at least two furlongs with headlands present. In good condition.

{5} A remarkable pair of furlongs, the one almost completely enveloping the other. This is a rare arrangement, and rather inconvenient for ploughing. The implication is that the loop road which surrounds the furlongs must have been set out before them.

<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> CADMAN G.E., 1998, SMR Report Form- Kirby Farm, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49767.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Fig.92 (part checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> HALL D.N., 1973, Paulerspury survey 1973, 3/67 (checked) (Article). SNN77045.

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Sep 6 2013 12:23PM