Monument record 5596/0/15 - Medieval/Post Medieval Ridge & Furrow

{1} The series of broad striations running roughly north-west to south-east are the responses to cultivation practices, probably ridge and furrow ploughing. It covered the entire site.

{2} The ridge and furrow runs roughly east to west within this field parcel, and still survived as earthworks in 1981. See Fig.34.

{3} Still survived as earthworks in 1992.

<1> Evershed R.; Hibbit D.; Allen M., 2011, Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry on Land to The South-West of Canons Ashby House, Near Daventry, Northamptonshire, p.5-6 (checked) (Report). SNN107877.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.37 Site 7 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> RCHME, 1992, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire: An archaeological survey by the RCHME, December 1992, Fig.1 (unchecked) (Report). SNN71599.

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Jun 14 2013 12:00PM