Many of the Bronze Age field boundaries found at Heathrow were still in use during the Medieval period. Some even persist as property boundaries on the Estate map of 1748.
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A medieval image of a Peacock. Source: Der Naturen Bloeme of Jacob van Maerlant (folios 38r-163r) ca. 1350. Copyright Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Hague, Netherlands.
A Saxon family work on the construction of a building. Flax fields are visible beyond.