Ridge and furrow, Bossington, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115300 / MNA141470
Record type:  Landscape
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Selworthy; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 8975 4882
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Summary

Ridge and furrow and evidence of removed field boundaries on northwest end of Marland Lane. Further ridge and furrow which may be part of the same earlier field pattern is recorded seperately as MNA199501.

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Monument Types

  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Late 19th C - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

Towards the northwest end of Marland Lane in part of field O.S. no. 7881 there is an area of ridge and furrow set in a northwest-southeast direction. On either side and to the southwest there is evidence of removed field boundaries, the northern one runs from the pebble ridge to the large oak tree standing, now isolated, but once marking the fieldbanks, in the field. The evidence is not very pronounced but is clear when walking across it. It was found when field walking in 1998. Condition: fair. (1)

The ridge and furrow described above (Source 1) along with other scattered blocks of ridge and furrow were mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1946 as part of the Severn Estuary RCZAS mapping project. Futher information and source photographs used available in the Exmoor National Park HER record MMO1452. The other scattered blocks are recorded seperately as MNA199501. (2-3)

References

  • SNA69537 - Report: Crowther, S and Dickson, A. 2008. Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme. 1453869.

  • SNA69539 - Collection: Exmoor National Park Authority. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record (HER). MMO1452.

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115300. [Mapped feature: #180439 ]

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • Conservation Area
  • National Park (Exmoor)

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001
  • ENA10529 - Heritage Assessment, Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme

Associated Finds

None Recorded

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