Monument record MBC46709 - Medieval and/or post medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, Wingrave with Rowsham 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 in Wingrave with Rowsham parish and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Post-Medieval - 1540 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 Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located along the N facing border of Wingrave with Rowsham parish and centred at SP 86758 20175, the parish was inclosed in 1797. The ridge and furrow blocks are part of a much more extensive swathe of cultivation earthworks that extend right across the parish. All blocks are visible as extant earthworks on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s but, on aerial photographs taken in 2022 and on recent remote sensing data, all the mapped blocks have been plough levelled and are no longer visible (1-5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC26852 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2097 RP 3038 28-MAY-1947.
  • <2>SBC26843 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2097 RP 3040 28-MAY-1947.
  • <3>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82SE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2020 SP8620, SP8720.
  • <4>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 15-JUN-2022 SP8620, SP8720.
  • <5>SBC25775 Digital archive: Institute of Historical Research. 2022. BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE. Wingrave, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, (London, 1925), 458-465..

Location

Grid reference SP 8675 2017 (point)
Civil Parish WINGRAVE WITH ROWSHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Sep 12 2025 6:38PM

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