Monument record 7535/0/4 - Medieval/post-medieval Ridge & Furrow

Earthwork (Aerial Photography)

{1} Extensive area of furlongs with headlands and joints, and meadow, attractively located in the parkland around Boughton House, running into Weekley and Kettering parishes. Various profiles of ridges survive according to the enclosure dates. Warkton, Weekley and Kettering all have large scale open-field maps of the 1730s and detailed fieldbooks to go with them. All the parishes have excellent medieval and later records. Boughton enclosed by the C16th, Warkton and Weekley in 1807; 250ha.

<1> HALL D.N., 1993, The Open Fields of Northamptonshire : The Case for the Preservation of Ridge and Furrow, (unchecked) (Report). SNN70145.

<2> Pike, A (ed), 1993, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (23), p.49 (checked) (Journal). SNN100612.

<3> Hall D.; Palmer R., 2001, Midland Open Fields Project: Digital Archive, (part checked) (Archive). SNN105253.

<4> Hall D.N., 2001, Turning The Plough - Midland Open Fields: Landscape Character and Proposals for Management, (unchecked) (Book). SNN101551.

<5> Walker C., 2010, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Land at The Buccleuch Academy, Kettering, Northamptonshire, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN107904.

<6> HALL D.N., 1993, The Open Fields of Northamptonshire: Areas Proposed for Preservation, Fig.47 (part checked) (Supplement). SNN56952.

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May 16 2023 10:30AM