Enclosure ditch
Introduction
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Enclosure ditch
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 24 Jan 2011
The ditch and hedge have clearly been cut through the ridge and furrow cultivation pattern, as can be seen by the way spoil has been heaped between the ridges. To the left of the hedge the area has clearly been under arable farming as the ridge pattern has completely disappeared, while to the right the land is clearly principally used for stock grazing, and the ridge and furrow pattern remains. Enclosures here took place as early as the end of the 17th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.898941
Longitude
-0.935706