Monument record 9895 - Open Field System, Eydon

{1} The common fields of the parish were enclosed following an Act of Parliament of 1760. Ridge and furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photos over much of the parish except on the Northampton Sand deposits where modern cultivation has apparently removed nearly all trace. It is arranged mainly in interlocked and end-on furlongs, often of reversed-S form. A notable feature occurs on landslips in the north west of the parish (SP533510) where Upper Lias Clay has slumped north west into the valley of the Cherwell. Most of the ridge and furrow avoids or stops short of the lower edge of the landslips but at one point on Eydon Hill (SP535512) one block of ridge and furrow rides over them. A field in the north of the parish (SP540511) is exceptional for the extreme narrowness of the ridges. In places these are less than 2m wide but they otherwise appear to be of normal common-field form.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.53 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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