Thesaurus Term/Concept: DYLING

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Scope Note Particularly found in fenland areas, dylings are strips in pasture land, broader than ridge and furrow, and separated by wide flat ditches for drainage; the soil from the ditches is used to raise the ground. Fourteenth to nineteenth century

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Context Record
Monument Type MLI22248 Medieval field system, Fleet (Monument)
Monument Type MLI86581 Post-Medieval dylings on land at Wygate Park, Spalding (Monument)