Monument record 0951200000 - Nash Lee ridge and furrow

A rising main was excavated by Murphys for Thames Water and John Moore Heritage Services did a watching brief. Ridge and furrow was identified in several fields, identified as allotments of Stoney Field on the Tithe and Inclosure Maps of 1805. This was of interest as no ridge and furrow was recorded for the parish before this. It is suggested on the 1629 Lily's map of the parish that parts of the parish were still farmed in strips and the fields are known to have been unenclosed until 1805. The ridge and furrow on the Lily's map was orientated east-west, whereas this was north-south, but it is known that strip farming was very fluid and fields changed alignments over the years. It is thought that this ridge and furrow is late or post-medieval, or possibly early modern and might date from shortly before the enclosure in 1805 (B1). NGR to centre.