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A further case for the preservation of earthwork ridge-and-furrow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rog Palmer
Rog Palmer*
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Air Photo Services, 21 Gunhild Way, Cambridge CB1 4QZ, England
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Abstract

Until modern cultivation invaded even the permanent pasture-land, the ubiquitous trace of medieval farming in the lowland English landscape was ridge-and-furrow. A record in themselves, the undulating slopes are now seen to act as a device to preserve older features underneath.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 268 , June 1996 , pp. 436 - 440
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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