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The Open field system in County Down is a medieval field system representing the communal agricultural organisation characteristic of medieval settlement in Ulster. The system comprises strips of arable land organised for cultivation under a collective management structure typical of medieval rural communities in Ireland and Britain. Such open field arrangements, dating to the medieval period, reflect the social and economic structures of manorial or communal farming practices before the consolidation of enclosed fields in later centuries. The physical remains of the system are visible in the landscape as ridge and furrow patterns and linear field boundaries that document the historic division of agricultural land among the medieval population of the area.
Open field system is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8365. View the official record →
The Open field system in County Down is a medieval field system representing the communal agricultural organisation characteristic of medieval settlement in Ulster. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8365.
Open field system dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Open field system is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 8365.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clachan (0.1 km), A.p. site - barrow? (1.7 km), Raised rath (1.8 km).
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