Monument record MDO3819 - Ridge and furrow south of Lower Fifehead, Fifehead Neville

Mediaeval ridge and furrow to the South of Lower Fifehead at ST774096, the ridge being 6-8 yards wide with headlands 9 yards wide. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 93 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(12) CULTIVATION REMAINS. Nothing is known of the date of enclosure of the two former open field systems within the present parish. Traces of ridge-and-furrow, arranged in curving furlongs and corresponding neither with the existing nor with the Tithe Map field boundaries, can be seen on air photographs (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1974; 2179-84 and 3178-81); they lie S. of Lower Fifehead (774096). Ridge-and-furrow exists in old closes W. of the Manor House (765110); the ridges are 6 yds. To 8 yds. Wide, the headlands 9 yds. wide'.

<1.1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, 2179-84 & 3178-81 (Aerial Photograph). SDO17500.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888252 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 13 2022 11:58AM