Monument record MDO27895 - Ridge and furrow, Shapwick

An area of ridge and furrow fields covering an area of some 15 acres. These fields pre-date the nineteenth century and may represent temporary extension of the arable land of Shapwick parish in the medieval or post-medieval period. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

‘(30) Cultivation remains. Nothing remains of the open fields, finally enclosed in 1818 (Award, D.C.R.O.). An area of ridge-and-furrow 6yds. to 7 yds. wide, covering some 15 acres and partly overlying a Roman settlement (31) in the N.E. of the parish, is certainly earlier than the 19th century; it probably represents a temporary extension of the arable land of Shapwick at some time in the medieval or post-medieval period.’ (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 60 (Monograph). SDO129.

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Dec 22 2015 10:41AM