207059

TRUNCOMBE WOOD

MONUMENT NO. 207059

UNCERTAIN FIELD SYSTEM

UNCERTAIN RIDGE AND FURROW

ST 817373 (centred ). Near Truncombe Wood. Old field-system (cropmark) and plough damaged rig and furrow.

A series of parallel soil-marks, circa 35.0m apart and extending over 10.0 ha are visible on OS air photographs. These features are possibly the result of Medieval agriculture. (1)

The site falls in an area of flat low-lying meadow land. Faint traces of ploughed down or aborted narrow rig and furrow extend north to south across the fields. There are no apparent surface indications of the parallel soil marks which occur transversely to the rig-and- furrow. It seems most likely that this pattern represents an early form of agriculture practice, or drainage; of minor archaeological interest. (2)

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