Open Fields, Dorton

Location/Address

None recorded

Type

Park or garden

Coherent areas of land designed and/or managed for leisure purposes.

Description

Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Dorton parish seen in aerial photographs Large blocks of surviving ridge and furrow in the parish of Dorton, enclosure non-parliamentary. Total acreage (1995): 33% survival - 553 acres; (1999): 19% survival - 285 acres. Assessment of ridge and furrow made for Monuments Protection Programme (MPP). (Further details of documentary and cartographic sources) (B1-2).

Map

Statement of Significance

Asset type

Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Dorton parish seen in aerial photographs

Images and Documents

Date Listed

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