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Monument record MDR876 - Field system, south of Norbury Hollow, Norbury and Roston

Type and Period (7)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Aerial photographs show an extensive area of largely well-preserved broad interval ridge and furrow to the south of the deserted medieval village (SMR 23708). The ridges form a series of quite short furlongs with headlands evident. (1) Aerial photographic evidence of medieval earthworks, including ridge and furrow, plough headlands, field boundaries, boundary banks, ponds and stack stands. Some appear to have been levelled by 2010, but the majority remain intact. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 1971. AP: DCC 1.12000 flown 6/10/71: 13.495.
  • <2> Digital data: English Heritage. 2014. Staffordshire NMP Project: Derbyshire Overlap.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 12450 41892 (727m by 784m)
Civil Parish NORBURY AND ROSTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jun 26 2015 10:46AM

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