EPW026858 ENGLAND (1929). Ridge and Furrow at Crimscote Field Farm, Crimscote, 1929

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Title [EPW026858] Ridge and Furrow at Crimscote Field Farm, Crimscote, 1929
Reference EPW026858
Date May-1929
Link
Place name CRIMSCOTE
Parish WHITCHURCH
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 422832, 246560
Longitude / Latitude -1.6665184320307, 52.116476286272
National Grid Reference SP228466

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Farming has left many marks on the landscape. These fields show evidence of how farming was done in the middle ages when the Ridge and Furrow or Strip system was common. Crops were sown in the furrows or dips and the ridges or banks marked the boundaries of the individual strips.

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