Monument record MDO1248 - Cultivation remains, Holwell

'(19) Cultivation remains. The date of enclosure of the open fields of Holwell is unknown. Field names on the Tithe Map of 1839 suggest former North, Brook, West and Birds Fields. Ridge-and-furrow in the former North field can be seen on air photographs (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1974: 2189-94, 3187-92) under-lying existing field boundaries, E. and S. of the village. To the N. and N.E. of the Manor House ridge-and-furrow, 8 yds. To 10 yds. Wide, occurs in four butting furlongs.
Traces of ridge-and-furrow, lying within fields which were enclosed from the 'waste', exist or can be seen on air photographs in a number of places, e.g. around Lower Buckshaw (680113 - 682110), where four irregularly-shaped fields contain ridges 6 yds. To 8 yds. Wide, with headlands 8 yds. Wide.
For the Moat at the Manor House, see Monument (9)'. (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 123 (Monograph). SDO146.

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