This is goooorgeous I need to get out of London stat
Fantastic picture. Most villages have patterns like this if you look for them. Often the nearest to the village you can see the different sizes and orientation to allow for apportionment. I live in a Lancashire village and you can see them.
Those are exceptional ridge and furrows. Stunning and next time I’m up that way I’ll make sure to visit them.
Are these ‘fossil’ furrows actually dating back to medieval times? I often find myself gazing, in rural Western Ireland, at old potato beds, going up mountainsides, and still visible from the famine times (1840’s). Melancholy stuff…
I first heard of “riggs” from The Wicker Man (1973) soundtrack.
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Wow,that’s beautiful, where is it? Never seen such distinct ridges.
Wonderful lighting
Lovely pic
It’s always a treat to spot them, and those are unusually good – great photo.
Dang, what with this and the [6th Century sword](https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1hmw9mg/really_incredible_sixthcentury_sword_found_in_kent/) I now have to go and watch some Time Team videos and play “spot the junior archeologist who went on to get their own series”…
Beautiful xX
This is goooorgeous I need to get out of London stat
Fantastic picture. Most villages have patterns like this if you look for them. Often the nearest to the village you can see the different sizes and orientation to allow for apportionment. I live in a Lancashire village and you can see them.
Those are exceptional ridge and furrows. Stunning and next time I’m up that way I’ll make sure to visit them.
[Ridge and Furrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_and_furrow) for anyone else confused by what the thought was OPs typo but is actually another name for it.
Are these ‘fossil’ furrows actually dating back to medieval times? I often find myself gazing, in rural Western Ireland, at old potato beds, going up mountainsides, and still visible from the famine times (1840’s). Melancholy stuff…
I first heard of “riggs” from The Wicker Man (1973) soundtrack.
[Corn Riggs by Paul Giovanni plays over the intro as Sgt Howie flies out to Summerisle](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-nuPQIES6FU)
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