Thesaurus Term/Concept: RIDGE AND FURROW

Identifier 68628
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (4)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (3)

Instances/Examples (70)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE122680 Agricultural features including field boundaries and ridge and furrow ploughing at Cockering Farm, Thanington (Monument)
Monument Type MKE122973 An area of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow seen as earthworks in a field adjacent to the Thames and Medway canal (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100311 Area of ridge and furrow identified by aerial photographic study (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100305 Area of ridge and furrow identified by aerial photography and Lidar study (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100306 Area of ridge and furrow identified by Lidar study (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100307 Area of ridge and furrow identified by Lidar study (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100309 Area of ridge and furrow identified by Lidar study (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100318 Area of ridge and furrow identified by Lidar study (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100312 Area of ridge and furrow, High Halstow (Monument)
Monument Type MKE123298 Cropmark and earthwork remains of probable medieval or post medieval field boundary ditches (Monument)
Monument Type MKE80559 Cropmarks of a field system with ridge and furrow marks, and a circular enclosure, west of Newington (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104511 Cropmarks of ridge and furrow, north of Lidwells Lane, Goudhurst (Monument)
Monument Type MKE122796 Earthwork remains of three fields of medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow, Lower Stoke (Monument)
Monument Type MKE122795 Earthwork traces of a number of fields of medieval/post medieval ridge and furrow, Allhallows (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43302 Hay stack stances and ridge and furrow, south of the Stour, Ash (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43225 Medieval - post-medieval boundary features and ridge and furrow north of Pluck's Gutter (Monument)
Monument Type MKE80354 Medieval activity, Grange Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MKE115887 Medieval agicultural and domestic features, Wingham Court, Wingham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15484 Medieval features Newchurch (Monument)
Monument Type MKE122979 Medieval or Post medieval field boundaries and traces of possible ridge and furrow seen as earthworks immediately to the east of Beckley Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MKE123304 Medieval or post medieval ridge and furrow, Thorne Farm, Ramsgate (Monument)
Monument Type MKE78379 Medieval ridge and furrow, Seasalter (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15800 Poss ridge and furrow, Nepicar Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MKE290 Possible ridge and furrow (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18025 Possible Ridge and Furrow (Monument)
Monument Type MKE18285 Possible Ridge and Furrow Marks, Frittenden (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18136 Possible rig and furrow (Monument)
Monument Type MKE48 Possible Rig and Furrow/Earthwork (Monument)
Monument Type MKE44418 Possible soilmarks of ploughed-out ridge and furrow, east of Felborough Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15670 Post-medieval farm and ridge and furrow, Sevington (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15141 Ridge & furrow near Birling (adjacent to M20) (Monument)
Monument Type MKE17321 Ridge & furrow near Wickens House, Charing (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43215 Ridge & furrow, Sarre marshes (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3306 Ridge & furrow/earthwork (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3252 Ridge & Furrow/Earthworks (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3291 Ridge and Furrow (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3292 Ridge and Furrow (Monument)
Monument Type MKE127722 Ridge and furrow at Hillborough, Herne Bay (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111866 Ridge and furrow cultivation plot, Limes Land, Tenterden (Monument)
Monument Type MKE43989 Ridge and furrow earthwork south of Bidborough Corner (Monument)
Monument Type MKE122659 Ridge and furrow ploughing at Milton Manor Road, Canterbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43367 Ridge and furrow, Ash Level (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43336 Ridge and furrow, Ash Levels (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43347 Ridge and furrow, Ash Levels (Monument)
Monument Type MKE89724 Ridge and furrow, Borough Green Sand Pit (Monument)
Monument Type MKE204 Ridge and furrow, Coneyburrow Wood, Southborough (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43310 Ridge and furrow, east of Worth (Monument)
Monument Type MKE115734 Ridge and furrow, Limes Land, Tenterden (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15825 Ridge and furrow, Minster in Sheppey (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43253 Ridge and furrow, Monkton - Minster Marshes (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18560 Ridge and furrow, near Gravesend (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3302 Ridge and furrow, near Prawls Farm, Stone-cum-Ebony (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43419 Ridge and furrow, north of Deal (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43482 Ridge and furrow, north of Richborough fort (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99015 Ridge and furrow, off Longfield Road, High Brooms (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99299 Ridge and furrow, plough headlands, and hollow way, Benenden (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3733 Ridge and Furrow, South of Hope Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99306 Ridge and furrow, south west of St George's Church, Benenden (Monument)
Monument Type MKE125995 Ridge and furrow, south-east of Shallows Road (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43432 Ridge and furrow, west of Woodnesborough Gate, Sandwich (Monument)
Monument Type MKE3756 Ridge and Furrow/earthwork (Monument)
Monument Type MKE123902 The earthwork remains of an elongated oval mound measuring c.6m x 13m, probably an example of a 19th century or earlier stock refuge mound (Monument)
Monument Type MKE124715 Three fields of medieval/post medieval ridge and furrow seen as slight earthworks (Monument)
Monument Type MKE44744 Traces of ridge and furrow, at the KIG site east of Bearsted (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15962 Undated ridge and furrow, Bore Place (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15969 Undated ridge and furrow, clay pit, lynchet, and platforms, near Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15951 Undated ridge and furrow, Cole's Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15968 Undated ridge and furrow, near Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15963 Undated ridge and furrow, Polebrook Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MKE15760 Unidentified ridge and furrow, Queenborough (Monument)