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| CHER Number: | 08738 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Former remains of ridge and furrow, Alconbury |
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Summary
Remains of ridge and furrow are visible.
| Grid Reference: | TL 191 757 |
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| Parish: | Alconbury, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
Full description
1. Ridge and furrow.
2. S of Homefield Farm, S Alconbury Great North Road exit of A1, W of A1, ridge and furrow running NE / SW shows faintly in recently ploughed field. Field walking in January 1991 produced no finds.
Well defined ridge and furrow, several furlongs. In NE corner running E / W, in the SW corner running N / S with Headlands between them.
S of Alconbury RAF base and N of A14 moderately well-defined ridge and furrow running NW - SE.7
3. Ridge and furrow appearing as faint soilmarks running NW - SE. Centred grid ref. See plan in report.
Ridge and furrow running NW - SE. Visible as soilmarks on the school playing field. Centred grid ref. See plan in report.
Ridge and furrow appearing as faint cropmarks running SSW - NNE. Centred grid ref. See plan in report.
<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 Beds and Hunts Wildlife Trust Ltd, 04/12/1986, Letter to AFT, CCC Archaeology (Unpublished document).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 Pelling, R. and Leith, S., 1992, A1 Widening Scheme 1992 Alconbury-Fletton Parkway (Unpublished report).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.
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 | Unpublished document: Beds and Hunts Wildlife Trust Ltd. 04/12/1986.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 | Unpublished report: Pelling, R. and Leith, S.. 1992.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. |
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