Land off Grandborough Fields Rd, Grandborough
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period. The ridge and furrow survives in places as an earthwork. It is situated on the west side of Grandborough.
1 The results of the aerial photograph and earthwork surveys have revealed that ridge and furrow, albeit poorly preserved in places, does survive on the site. The ridge-and-furrow survives better in the ‘south’ paddock due to less Post Medieval disturbances in this area. The morphology and dimensions of the development on the surviving ridge and furrow may suggest a relatively late date for its development on the site i.e. late Medieval to early Post Medieval. The alignment of the ridge and furrow in the ‘south’ paddock, in relation to the paddock boundary, might also suggest a later realignment of the ridge and furrow. However, the lack of information regarding the original extent and form of the earthworks and the origins of the site boundaries precludes the drawing of firm conclusions regarding the date and development of the ridge and furrow.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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