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Bibury Racecourse Celtic field system is a prehistoric agricultural landscape in Gloucestershire comprising a series of small, regularly arranged fields typical of Iron Age settlement and farming practices. The field boundaries, visible as low banks and lynchets, represent a form of land division and management characteristic of the later prehistoric period, likely dating to the Iron Age. The system demonstrates the organised approach to agriculture and land use practised by Iron Age communities in the Cotswolds region, with the surviving earthworks preserving evidence of ancient cultivation patterns and field boundaries that have remained relatively intact. The site's preservation allows for archaeological interpretation of prehistoric settlement patterns and the intensification of agricultural practice during the Iron Age period in this area of the Midlands.
Bibury Racecourse Celtic field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003447. View the official record →
Bibury Racecourse Celtic field system is a prehistoric agricultural landscape in Gloucestershire comprising a series of small, regularly arranged fields typical of Iron Age settlement and farming practices. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003447.
Bibury Racecourse Celtic field system is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003447.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The socket stone and step of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Eastleach Turville (4.6 km), The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Michael and St Martin's churchyard, Eastleach Martin (4.8 km), Wayside Cross at Hatherop (4.9 km).
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