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CHER Number:08737
Type of record:Landscape
Name:Earthwork remains of ridge and furrow, Alconbury

Summary

Faint remains of ridge and furrow are visible.

Grid Reference:TL 191 754
Parish:Alconbury, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire

Monument Type(s):

Protected Status:

  • SHINE: Earthwork of ridge and furrow with various headlands and furlongs, directly south of Alconbury House, Alconbury
  • SHINE: Ridge and furrow earthworks directly north of School Lane, Alconbury
  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of ridge and furrow, Alconbury Park
  • SHINE: Earthwork and cropmark remains of ridge and furrow, Alconbury
  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of ridge and furrow, Alconbury

Full description

1. Very slight ridge and furrow.

2. On W side of A1 and S of Alconbury well-defined ridge and furrow in two fields S of Alconbury House with various headlands and furlongs. Covers at least two fields but continues W into other fields.

3. Ridge and furrow appearing as faint cropmarks running SSW - NNE. Centred grid ref. See plan in report.

4. Earthwork remains of ridge and furrow visible as earthworks north of School Lane, Alconbury


<1> Beds and Hunts Wildlife Trust Ltd, 04/12/1986, Letter to AFT, CCC Archaeology (Unpublished document). SCB1408.

<2> Untitled Source (Verbal communication). SCB16169.

<3> Pelling, R. and Leith, S., 1992, A1 Widening Scheme 1992 Alconbury-Fletton Parkway (Unpublished report). SCB16453.

<4> Environment Agency, 2015, Environment Agency - LiDAR data (Geospatial data). SCB50577.

Sources and further reading

<1>Unpublished document: Beds and Hunts Wildlife Trust Ltd. 04/12/1986. Letter to AFT, CCC Archaeology.
<2>Verbal communication:
<3>Unpublished report: Pelling, R. and Leith, S.. 1992. A1 Widening Scheme 1992 Alconbury-Fletton Parkway.
<4>Geospatial data: Environment Agency. 2015. Environment Agency - LiDAR data. LIDAR.

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