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109. Midvale Ridge
• Low irregular wooded limestone ridge giving way to a series of isolated steep-sided tabular hills in the east which rise from the surrounding clay vales.
• Large geometrically spaced fields divided by regular pattern of hedgerows and trees supporting both arable and pastoral farming.
• Villages, typically built of local limestone, perched high up on spurs, hilltops and along ridges giving extensive views across the open, gently undulating, clay vales to the north and south.
• Visible archaeology dating from early Roman settlement of the area found on prominent areas of higher ground.
•Spring-line settlements associated with blocks of ancient woodland along the ridge.
• Contrast between the moderately elevated limestone hills and ridges and the surrounding low-lying clay vales.
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