16.7 acres, Scagglethorpe, Malton

LOT 3: 16.7 acres of Grade II arable land with irrigation situated in a prominent position adjacent to A64 within 3 miles of Malton.

The land comprises Grade II arable land and has historically produced mixed cereal crops of wheat, barley, beans and oil seed . The land is situated at a height of around 20 to 25 meters above sea level and is a flat single parcel of arable land suitable for large modern machinery and cultivation equipment.   The land has the benefit of a summer abstraction licence of 2864 cu m from Settrington Beck. LAND CLASSIFICATION AND SOIL TYPEThe land is shown on the former Ministry of Agricultural Provisional Land Classification map as grade II and III. The soil type is the ‘Landbeach’ series described as “calcareous coarse loamy soils over chalky gravel”