Monument record MDO4867 - Ridge and furrow near Fiddleford Mill, Sturminster Newton

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 286 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(70) CULTIVATION REMAINS. The date of enclosure of the open fields in the parish is unknown. Remains of ridge-and-furrow can be seen on air photographs (R.A.F. CPE/UK 1974: 1162-3 and 3162-3) to the N., N.E., and E. of Sturminster, notably at 792143, 789153 and 798137. The remains lie within existing fields and have ridges 6 yds. to 8 yds. wide and headlands 8 yds. to 9 yds. wide. The shape of the existing fields, however, suggests that they are the result of enclosing the curved end-on furlongs of an open-field system. … Traces of curving ridge-and-furrow can be seen on air photographs S.E. of Fiddleford Mill (802133); they represent the former open fields of Fiddleford (see also OKEFORD FITZPAINE (37)).’

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