Medieval field system comprising broad ridge-and-furrow and field banks; associated with the deserted medieval village of Alnhamsheles. (Alnham)
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Description
The area of ridge-and-furrow around the medieval village of Alnhamsheles (plotted from APs) coincides with the area of demesne arable land, in total about 200 acres, plotted on the Percy estate map of c 1620 at which time the land was farmed from Alnham Moor, half a mile to the E. By 1755 the land around the site had been subdivided into small enclosures with drove-ways in between, and the arable ploughlands were no longer cultivated. These enclosures were themselves abandoned by 1809. (1a-b) In 1982 and 1983 three sections were dug through the field banks of the field system. Two of these were on opposite sides of a drove-way (not positioned by Dixon); these revealed a bank revetted with boulders, 0.7 m high above the ditch which in both cases was on the inside of the drove-way. The other trench was across a well-preserved sector of a bank enclosing ridge and furrow...... -
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Keys to the Past (Durham & Northumbria County Councils) -
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Further information
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