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HHER Number:4501
Type of record:Monument
Name:RIDGE AND FURROW AND OTHER EARTHWORKS, ARDELEY BURY, ARDELEY

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 302 272
Map Sheet:TL32NW
Parish:Ardeley, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Ardeley Bury, medieval moated site, earthworks and parkland
  • Area of Archaeological Significance

Full description

Ridge and furrow 100m to the east of the moated site at Ardeley Bury [391]. The ridge and furrow is bounded on the north side by a ditch 1m deep, which continues into the wood to the west and turns south. It may represent an early manorial or village enclosure <1>.


CUCAP, Ardeley Bury moated site, and ridge & furrow, PNO 3942 (Aerial Photograph). SHT15214.


Herts County Council 25" Vertical Photomaps, Earthworks of possible abandoned settlement, and ridge and furrow, Ardeley, PNO 3459 (Aerial Photograph). SHT14747.


CUCAP, Ridge and furrow, and linear earthworks, Ardeley, PNO 3896 (Aerial Photograph). SHT15168.


<1> Stewart Bryant (HCC), Information, 3.12.87 (Verbal communication). SHT5002.

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Herts County Council 25" Vertical Photomaps. Earthworks of possible abandoned settlement, and ridge and furrow, Ardeley. PNO 3459.
---Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Ridge and furrow, and linear earthworks, Ardeley. PNO 3896.
---Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Ardeley Bury moated site, and ridge & furrow. PNO 3942.
<1>Verbal communication: Stewart Bryant (HCC). Information. 3.12.87.