Ridge and furrow is an archaeological pattern of ridges (Medieval Latin: sliones) and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the...
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which divides troughs in ridge and furrow agriculture Ridge (roof), an architectural element on roofs Ridge (surname) The Ridge, Shimla, open space in Himachal...
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Allestree Hall (section Ridge and Furrow)
within Allestree Park exhibit ridge and furrow undulations, which are the visible signs of early medieval farming and ploughing practices. These ceased...
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barrows, tumuli, ridge and furrow, mottes, round barrows, and other tombs. Hill forts, a type of fort made out of mostly earth and other natural materials...
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long and uncluttered views. In its archetypal form, cultivated land consisted of long, narrow strips of land in a distinctive ridge and furrow pattern...
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The Crystal Palace (category Buildings and structures completed in 1851)
Chatsworth Lily House, which featured a flat-roof version of the ridge-and-furrow glazing, and a curtain wall system that allowed the hanging of vertical bays...
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of the scalp and characterized by ridges and furrows, which give the scalp a cerebriform appearance. Clinically, the ridges are hard and cannot be flattened...
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free dictionary. Rigg comes from the Scottish word for "ridge", as in the medieval "ridge and furrow" system of farming, or run rig land allocation. It may...
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Somerleyton Hall (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
finest in Britain, created by William Andrews Nesfield in 1846, and a ridge and furrow greenhouse designed by Joseph Paxton, the architect of The Crystal...
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Open-field system (section Crops and production)
Ploughing techniques created a landscape of ridge and furrow, with furrows between ridges dividing holdings and aiding drainage. The right of pasture on fallowed...
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a former Kimmeridge Clay quarry, and one of the United Kingdom's best remaining examples of medieval ridge and furrow agriculture. The economy of the region...
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Surface irrigation (redirect from Furrow irrigation)
planted on the ridge between furrows which may contain a single row of plants or several rows in the case of a bed-type system. Furrows may range anywhere...
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he designed a glass house with a ridge and furrow roof that would be at right angles to the morning and evening sun and an ingenious frame design that would...
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planted with one set of crops one year, a different set in the second year, and left fallow in the third year. A set of crops is rotated from one field to...
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Age fort and hill-top barrows. 19th-century maps indicate that cider orchards were planted on some lynchets in that area. Ridge and furrow CĂ©ide Fields...
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Ox (section Uses and comparison to horses)
Ox (zodiac) Ox in Chinese mythology Ox-wagon (bullock wagon) Oxtail Ridge and furrow Boeuf gras "BULLOCK | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary"...
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Dermis (redirect from Friction ridge)
Skin". Ridges and Furrows. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2016-12-23. Hicklin, R. Austin (2009). "Anatomy of Friction Ridge Skin"...
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Watford, Northamptonshire (section 1066 and later)
Watford and associated ridge and furrow cultivation. Pilgrim Father Thomas Rogers was born in Watford about 1572. He was the son of William Rogers and his...
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dictionary. The term corrugated, describing a series of parallel ridges and furrows, may refer to the following: Corrugated fiberboard, also called corrugated...
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orientation of the field systems between the two areas. The pattern of ridge and furrow will often reveal the layout of the original open fields. In parts...
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traditionally cultivated for cereals and vegetables to be transformed into pastures for sheep. The medieval ridge and furrow cultivation pattern remains evident...
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for potatoes. Rather like cord rig cultivation, parallel banks of ridge and furrow are dug by spade although lazy beds have banks that are bigger, up...
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Milton Keynes (section Grid roads and grid squares)
original Wolverton was a medieval settlement just north and west of today's town. The ridge and furrow pattern of agriculture can still be seen in the nearby...
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Roden, Shropshire (category Telford and Wrekin)
medieval ridge and furrow field pattern near the river have been detected from the air (1991). Roden had a long history of producing tomatoes, and was once...
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Monk Bretton (section Transport and amenities)
religious function, a place to meet and hear news. The village park also shows traces of mediaeval ridge and furrow cultivation. The Manor of Wakefield...
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Crystal Palace was designed in 1851 by Joseph Paxton with its innovative ridge-and-furrow roof, the rafters that spanned the space between the roof girders of...
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the buildings remain. The area is also Grade II listed as "ridge and furrow earthworks [and] cultivation strips". Richard Rolle, the English hermit mystic...
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Mentmore Towers (redirect from Mentmore Golf and Country Club)
Crystal Palace, to design Mentmore. Paxton was responsible for the ridge and furrow glass roof which covered the central hall, designed to imitate the...
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of medieval ridge and furrow ploughing. Mansmoor Closes were enclosed very early, before 1622, and are important from both a landscape and archaeological...
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