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Name:Ridge and furrow, between Fields Farm and Poplars Farm, Twyford
HER No.:16740
Type of Record:Monument
Designation:None recorded

Summary

Medieval ridge and furrow earthworks visible on modern aerial photographs.

Grid Reference:SK 339 286
Parish:TWYFORD AND STENSON

Monument Type(s):

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Full Description

Medieval ridge and furrow can be seen as earthworks on aerial photographs on Bing Maps [as of 2009]. It is also possible to make out at least one plough headland. (1)

These medieval ridge and furrow earthworks were also identified during an aerial photographic mapping survey that was carried out in 2009/10. The earthworks were mapped using aerial photographs dating to 1962. (2)


<1> Bing Maps, www.bing.com/maps (Internet Web Site). SDR20759.


<2> Archaeological Research Services (ARS) Ltd, 2009/2010, Aerial Photographic Mapping Survey carried out as part of an Aggregates Resource Project (Digital data). SDR21002.

Sources and Further Reading

[1]SDR20759 - Internet Web Site: Bing Maps. www.bing.com/maps.
[2]SDR21002 - Digital data: Archaeological Research Services (ARS) Ltd. 2009/2010. Aerial Photographic Mapping Survey carried out as part of an Aggregates Resource Project.