Monument record MBC45331 - Medieval and/or post medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, Wing parish.

Summary

Scattered blocks of medieval and/or post medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, remnants of the former common open-field system, is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • FURLONG BOUNDARY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

Scattered blocks of medieval and/or post medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, remnants of the former common open-field system, is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in the very northern tip of Wing parish and centred at SP 87268 25315, four blocks of ridge and furrow cultivation blocks are visible as extant earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. Aerial photographs taken in 2019 and recent remote sensing data indicate that only one of the blocks have been plough-levelled, possibly by changes to post-war agricultural regimes, the remainder surviving earthworks being centred around Ash Farm. The linear earthwork furlong bank is part of a much more extensive system of land division boundaries that extends eastwards into Bedfordshire and East Cambridgeshire. Whilst many of these features originate in the medieval period with the establishment of the common field cultivation system, some of the boundary banks may have earlier origins. They remain visible chiefly as extant, sinuous, parallel, plough-levelled earthwork sections on recent lidar remote sensing data, with the primary alignment roughly SW-NE (1-5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC25594 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4282 12-DEC-1946.
  • <2>SBC25640 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4284 12-DEC-1946.
  • <3>SBC25637 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4286 12-DEC-1946.
  • <4>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NE Environment Agency Composite DTM 1 Metre dated 2017-2019 SP8725.
  • <5>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 14-SEP-2019 SP8625.

Location

Grid reference SP 8726 2531 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2024 7:08PM

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