Monument record 2530/0/2 - Cropmarks near Beech Fm.

Linear cropmarks, running north south in this field can be seen on a 1991 aerial photograph. They are possibly ridge and furrow. Cropmarks are visible changes in the growth of vegetation that may indicate a buried feature. These distinctions can usually only be identified from Aerial Photographs. 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.