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Cropmark complex north-east of Model Farm is a prehistoric archaeological site in Berkshire, comprising a network of linear features and enclosures visible primarily through cropmark evidence. The site demonstrates settlement and land division patterns characteristic of the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods, when such linear boundaries were commonly employed to organise agricultural land and define territorial holdings. The precise chronology and functional character of individual elements within the complex remain subject to archaeological interpretation, though the scale and configuration of the features suggest a site of some organisational complexity. Such cropmark complexes serve as important evidence for prehistoric land use and settlement hierarchy in the Thames Valley region, where ploughing has obscured surface remains that survive as soil and vegetation variations detectable from aerial survey.
Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006961. View the official record →
Cropmark complex north-east of Model Farm is a prehistoric archaeological site in Berkshire, comprising a network of linear features and enclosures visible primarily through cropmark evidence. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006961.
Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm 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 1006961.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cropmark complex S of Charvil Lane (0.5 km), Cropmark site E of Broadmoor Lane (0.7 km), Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field (0.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.