Post-medieval field boundaries at Hatfield Forest (EHER 17334)

Hollow ways identified during a 1993 earthwork survey. Some are thought to be old field boundaries, but it is more likely they are rides associated with Collin's Coppice.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: 1993. Survey. In April 1993, RCHME's Cambridge Office carried out an analytical earthwork survey of a part of Hatfield Forest in the vicinity of the post-medieval warren, following a request from the National Trust. A broad hollow, 10m wide and 0.5m deep, runs parallel to an area of ridge and furrow. The hollow was thought to be a field boundary but may be connected with a ride running through Collin's Coppice. A comparable feature, sharing the north-west to south-east alignment, lies south-west of the Warren. This hollow is a continuation of another ride through Collin's Coppice and in this case coincides with the depiction on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map. The rides in Collin's Coppice radiate from a central point, forming a 'pattes d'oie' pattern in the 17th and 18th century tradition. See also the 'London Road'. For further details, see RCHME Level 3 client report and plan at 1:1000 scale, held in archive. <1> See also: <2> - <5>