Profile of a ridge, in a ridge and furrow field, Honeybourne

Title

Profile of a ridge, in a ridge and furrow field, Honeybourne

Subject

Archaeology

Description

Photograph of the profile of a ridge, in a ridge and furrow field on Station Road, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. The banks leading down to the furrows on either side are clearly visible against the backdrop of a barn at the end of the ridge. Photograph taken facing roughly West, mid-morning. Honeybourne was recorded in the Domesday Book as Huniburn. The field has been used for the last 150 years as a sheep sale site. Wooden hurdles are stored in that barn in the field, and used to create sheep pens with the fences (like this one) along the length of the ridges, for an auction in the first week of August. This field is alongside Station Road which is part of Ryknild Street, the Roman road. (That road is also known as Rycknield Street, Icknield Street, or in Anglo-Saxon Buggild Street or Bucgan Street, and now it is called Buckle Street as it goes through the village.)

Creator

Alun Edwards

Date

8th-13th Century?

Date Created

2010-09-29

Files

2010_09_29_17.jpg

Citation

Alun Edwards, “Profile of a ridge, in a ridge and furrow field, Honeybourne,” Woruldhord, accessed March 29, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/561.

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