Monument record MBC45358 - Ridge and furrow field systems in the parish of Thornborough

Ridge and furrow field systems with plough headlands, furlong boundaries, trackways and drainage ditches of medieval and post medieval date are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant earthworks, levelled earthworks and cropmarks and were mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located within the parish of Thornborough and centred at SP 74602 33528. Ridge and furrow earthworks were mapped in an almost contiguous area across the parish of Thornborough around the currently occupied settlement of Thornborough and the shrunken village and Western Green Farm. Sinuous trackways, formed of plough headlands and furlong boundaries, can be seen between the earthworks and furlongs, especially to the south of the village. North of the village, on the north side of the much straightened watercourse, modern arable land use has levelled the majority of what remained; the best preserved earthworks remain closer to the settlement at Thornborough. (1-47)