Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm

Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm

England
List entry 1015679
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015679
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3 hectares
Grid reference
SU 39171 38477
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm is a prehistoric monument located in Hampshire, England, identified through aerial photography as a series of linear and enclosed features visible as cropmarks in the landscape. The site comprises what appears to be field systems and possible settlement enclosures dating to the Iron Age period, though earlier prehistoric use cannot be discounted. The monuments are defined by soil and moisture variations that create distinctive patterns in growing crops, revealing archaeological features that remain largely unexcavated and are therefore known primarily from their surface manifestation and geophysical survey. Such cropmark sites represent significant evidence for prehistoric land use and territorial organisation in southern England.

Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015679. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm?

Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm is a prehistoric monument located in Hampshire, England, identified through aerial photography as a series of linear and enclosed features visible as cropmarks in the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015679.

Who is responsible for protecting Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm?

Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy 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 1015679.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gains Castle: a 13th century ringwork and bailey (7.6 km), John of Gaunt's Palace (8.2 km), Ashley Wood camp (8.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm

Cropmark enclosures 500m south east of Ivy Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.