BS: Enclosure patterns

Subject: RE: BS: Enclosure patterns
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 10 Sep 15 - 04:39 AM

As I go around I look out for ridge and furrow marks, the remains of a medieval ploughing system, which have survived in areas which ceased to be ploughed before modern machinery came in. You can also see lynchets, earth banks on hillsides forming terraces, which can go back to prehistoric times. On Bodmin Moor near me we have ancient field systems associated with prehistoric dwellings or villages, generally marked out by collapsed stone boundaries. Good stuff, but I'm still learning!

Subject: RE: BS: Enclosure patterns
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 10 Sep 15 - 03:39 AM

Back in the none-too-far-distant days of 4-field crop rotation, it was a delight to drive thru slightly hilly English countryside, as the landscape formed a beautiful variegated 'patchwork quilt' of colours of all the different fields. New farming methods have largely rendered this obsolete, alas; but doubtless others will recall it with pleasure.

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Subject: BS: Enclosure patterns
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 10 Sep 15 - 02:49 AM

Circled around Gatwick Airport in landing queue for 15-20 minutes yesterday, wonderful view of the patchwork quilt of "enclosed" fields, which doesn't exist in Spain!