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Upon further reading I became aware of the
boundary which was crossed by the baulk having
a curve between fields D and A which suggested
the boundary as far as field F was formed by a
ditch dug in the closing furrow between two
strips. Mediaeval furrows were not ploughed
straight because the plough needed three pairs
of oxen which would have needed a large turning
space at the end of the strips, and by having a