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Above the water table is the zone where the ground is not fully saturated.
Sutton Common lies in an area of very low-lying land with a high water table.
Draining reduces the "surface tension" of the capil= lary water by removal of the excess, but the "water-table" may be many feet below.
The three months of rain have waterlogged the ground and built up the water table.
Castlemorton Common was probable left un-enclosed because its relatively poor soils and high water table made agricultural development difficult.