Information for record number MWA10100:
Area of ridge and furrow in Coombe Abey Landscape Park

Summary An area of ridge and furrow from the medieval period identified in woodland in Coombe Abbey Landscape Park to the south of the southern arm of Coombe Pool.
What Is It?  
Type: Ridge And Furrow
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Combe Fields
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 39 78
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 An area of ridge and furrow cultivation identified within woodland in Coombe Abbey Landscape Park, which would have pre-dated the emparkment.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Information from Ian Sodden
Author/originator: Ian Sodden
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument LANDSCAPE PARK * Grounds, usually associated with a country house, laid out so as to produce the effect of natural scenery back

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