Monument record 2016/1/5 - Earthworks South of Castle Farm

<1> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, CPE\UK\1935 no.1016 17/1/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

Vertical aerial photographs dating from 1947 show two fields to the south of Castle Farm as retaining broad curving ridge and furrow.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Davey PJ, 1988 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Davey reports broad ridges still being visible in these fields. The presence of medieval ridge and furrow implies that parts of the park may have been farmed at this period.

<3> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite 1m DSM (01/05/2020) (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

There are very faint traces of the earthworks described in the sources above in this area, but it would appear that these earthworks have been significantly reduced.