Scheduled MonumentsEnglandEarthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm

Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm

England
List entry 1020163
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020163
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.85 hectares
Grid reference
SX 86347 57550
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthwork enclosures and field systems located 430 metres north east of Lower Well Farm is an ancient monument comprising agricultural remains of Iron Age date. The site consists of a series of ditched enclosures and associated field boundaries preserved as earthwork features across the landscape. Such enclosed field systems are characteristic of the later prehistoric period in Devon, reflecting the organisation of settlement and agricultural land use during the Iron Age. The monument represents an important record of farming practice and land division in south west England during the final centuries before the Roman conquest.

Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020163. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm?

Earthwork enclosures and field systems located 430 metres north east of Lower Well Farm is an ancient monument comprising agricultural remains of Iron Age date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020163.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm?

Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well 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 1020163.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart, 270m south east of Maypool Cottage (3.7 km), Beacon mound at Fire Beacon Hill, 250m north west of Bosomzeal (3.7 km), Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House (4.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm

Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Earthwork enclosures and field systems, 430m north east of Lower Well Farm

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