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HER Number (PRN):04339
Name:Earthwork ridge and furrow at Dudston
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Area of ridge and furrow of medieval date.

Parish:Chirbury with Brompton, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO29NW
Grid Reference:SO 2444 9759

Related records

02480Related to: Earthwork open field complex c.760m WSW of West Dudston (Monument)
01216Related to: Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Some traces of ridge and furrow in the fields N & W of Dudston Farm <1>

EH MORPH SUMMARY EH Unit No. 1: A possible area of ridge and furrow of Unknown Medieval date, seen as an earthwork, and mapped from poor quality aerial photographs.<2>

Parts have been ploughed out since MUMP. <3>

Further ridge and furrow was noted to the east of Dudston Farm (centred on SO 2458 9754) in aerial photograsphs taken in 2008, and the area covered by this monument was extended in this area. <4><5>

Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Medium score as one of 91 Irregular Open Field Systems. <6>

Sources

[00]SSA20723 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 04339.
[01]SSA19238 - Oblique aerial photograph: Musson Chris R. 1988. CPAT 88/13/0004.
[02]SSA22521 - Database file: National Monuments Record (NMR). 1993/ 1994. Marches Uplands Mapping Project (MUMP) MORPH records (2006 version). Marches Uplands Survey. MU.341.10 Unit 1.
[03]SSA23070 - HER comment: Baxter Charlotte. Comments by SMR compiler in SMR database. Comment made 27/09/2011.
[04]SSA25191 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2008-Jan-6. SA0801_010 and SA0801_013 to SA0801_018 (7 photos) Flight: 08_SA_01. Colour. Digital.
[05]SSA25220 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2008-Nov-25. SA0812_001 to SA0812_004 (4 photos) Flight: 08_SA-12. Colour. Digital. Particularly SA0812_003.
[06]SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File.
Date Last Edited:Jul 11 2022 2:03PM