Monument record 2016/1/6 - Fields to the East of Shotwicklodge Farm

Vertical aerial photographs dating from 1947 show an area of ridge and furrow earthworks to the east of Shotwicklodge Farm. The presence of medieval ridge and furrow implies that parts of the medieval deer park may have been farmed. Modern sources indicate that these earthworks have been significantly reduced. Ridge and furrow is the distinctive pattern of earthworks that are created when land has been ploughed to create cultivation beds. The furrow is the ploughed line and the ridge is the bank of soil used to grow crops in. This system has operated in Britain since before the Anglo-Saxon period.