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The great fields

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Posted on 2019-05-24 in
Great fields and agricultural strips in the neighbourhood of Ahedo. Valley of Carranza (Bizkaia), 1965. GeoEuskadi Viewer

Great fields and strips in the neighbourhood of Ahedo. Valley of Carranza (Bizkaia), 1965. GeoEuskadi Viewer.

The so-called llosas were a convenient form of land arrangement and use characteristic of the Valley of Carranza (Bizkaia) but with wide geographical variations. Adjacent flatlands and gentle slopes within each neighbourhood in the Valley were grouped together and enclosed for cultivation in what was known as a llosa. Each block of arable land was divided into individual strips, those closer to the farms, or piezas, being devoted to maize, also wheat more formerly, and other crops; the more remote locations served as grazing land and were thus called campas. (more…)

Field gates and gate bars

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Posted on 2017-11-17 in
Field gate in the neighbourhood of Bernales (Carranza), 2008. Miguel Sabino Díaz

Field gate in the neighbourhood of Bernales (Carranza), 2008. Miguel Sabino Díaz.

Enclosure of open fields in the Valley of Carranza (Bizkaia) was accomplished by the use of either dry-stone walls or living hedges, as stated in the Regulation for the clearing and legitimacy of land formerly subject to common rights in the Valley, approved by the Council at the sitting on 27 May 1910: “Land cleared in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation will necessarily be enclosed with a wall 1.50 metres in height or a ditch and living hedge of 1.75 metres…”. (more…)

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