Information for record number MWA6453:
Ridge & Furrow Cultivation Shipston on Stour Parish

Summary Medieval or later ridge and furrow cultivation in Shipston on Stour Parish. The remains are visible on aerial photographs. Only part extant.
What Is It?  
Type: Ridge And Furrow
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 39
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

4 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
5 Modern aerial photos show that the Ridge and furrow appears to hav been levelled.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: NMR
Author/originator:
Date: 1945
Page Number: 7028
Volume/Sheet: 106G UK 1345
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP24 NW
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1948
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP24NW
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP 34 NW
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1948
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP23NW
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Aerial Photograph Transcript
Title: Shipston on Stour Parish
Author/originator: ARI
Date: 1992
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Google Earth Aerial and Street View
Author/originator: Google Earth
Date: 1945-present
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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