Bashford, D. (2015). Upper Farm Tiffield Northamptonshire Ridge and Furrow Earthwork Survey. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109296. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Upper Farm Tiffield Northamptonshire Ridge and Furrow Earthwork Survey
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Abstract:		 Site earthwork and walkover survey. Analysis of the wider field system using Google Earth aerial photographs and LiDAR The ridge and furrow earthworks on the site are a fossilised remnant of a much larger field system that was still largely intact in 1945, but can only be traced in this part of the parish by cropmarks in certain fields. Whilst there are other more complex survivors of the field system to the south, west and east of the village, the site is the only significant extant remnant of the open field in the northern part of the parish. As the aerial photographs from 1945 to 2010 show, the earthworks are a part of a resource that, once common, is diminishing both regionally and nationally. Whilst the loss of a small area of this resource may superficially not be seen as significant, especially given that better preservation of ridge and furrow exists elsewhere in the parish, its affect on the integrity of the whole resource could be seen as significant. The loss of any integral areas erodes the overall coherent group value, character and context of the whole resource. To lessen the direct physical impact of any proposed soil deposition, the ridge and furrow and associated deposits could be preserved in situ. This would involve levelling the ground surface by infilling the areas between the ridges, so that the area of the furrows were levelled up to that of the ridges. This would preserve any archaeological deposits in situ. Prior to levelling a detailed earthwork survey would be needed to record the earthworks prior to their infilling and a form of a geotextile layer or similar would need to be laid down so that at a later date, if applicable, the earthworks could easily be restored. This would prevent damage to the in situ earthworks and any archaeology that may be protected below them but would still lead to a loss, potentially reversible, of their visual presence within the landscape The hedgerows have been not been discussed in any depth within this document, but the hedgerows forming the west and north-west of the site may well be covered by the Hedgerow Regulations Act of 1997. Their potential removal would need to be approved by Northamptonshire County Council.
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Author:		 Dan Bashford ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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District: South Northamptonshire
Country: England
County: Northamptonshire
Parish: Tiffield
Grid Reference: 470172, 252415 (Easting, Northing)
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ANALYTICAL EARTHWORK SURVEY (Event)
EARTHWORK (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL EARTHWORK (Tag)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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Created Date:		 07 Jul 2023