Ridges in field

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Ridges in field by Trevor Littlewood as part of the Geograph project.

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Ridges in field

Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 8 Dec 2014

The field lies on the south side of the B6282 between Low Etherley and Etherley Grange. The ridges and the dips between give an effect similar to 'ridge and furrow' which is created by a ploughing procedure that was practised in historic times. Is it possible that this is an example?

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.654176
Longitude
-1.729816