A further case for the preservation of earthwork ridge-and-furrow

• Autores: Rog Palmer
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 70, Nº 268, 1996, págs. 436-440
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Until modern cultivation invaded even the permanent pasture-land, the ubiquitous trace of medieval farming in the lowland English landscape was ridge-and-furrow. A record in themselves, the undulating slopes are now seen to act as a device to preserve older features underneath.