Landscape record 0633300000 - Open fields, Pollicott township

Summary

Ridge and furrow from medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Pollicott township
  • SHINE: Lower Pollicott prehistoric bowl barrow and shrunken medieval village earthworks and associated ridge and furrow

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Type and Period (2)

  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Earlier than 1634, Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD to 1699 AD)
  • OPEN FIELD (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Large block(s) of surviving ridge and furrow of historic township of Pollicott, enclosed in 1634. Total acreage (1995): 52% survival - 492 acres; (1999): 40% survival - 378 acres. Assessment of ridge and furrow survival made for Monuments Protection Programme (MPP). (Further details of documentary and cartographic sources) (B1-2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC19213 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Committee for Aeriel Photography. 1999. Ashendon, MPP Open Fields Project. SP705130.
  • <1>SBC19212 Unpublished document: David Hall. 1994-99. Draft MPP Documentation for Midlands Open Fields Project.
  • <2>SBC19211 Bibliographic reference: David Hall. 2001. Turning The Plough.
  • <3>SBC24910 Bibliographic reference: Gloucestershire County Council. 2012. Turning The Plough Update Assessment 2012.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 702 131 (2399m by 2263m)
Civil Parish ASHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aeriel Photography for MPP Open Fields Project (EBC15776)

Record last edited

May 3 2022 2:16PM

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