Scheduled MonumentsEnglandEarthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole

Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole

England
List entry 1002283
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002283
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
32.74 hectares
Grid reference
TQ3676011040, TQ3708210713
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole is a complex of agricultural terraces and field boundaries located in Sussex. The lynchets, which are stepped terraces created through prolonged ploughing on sloping ground, represent medieval or post-medieval field management practices and indicate intensive agricultural use of the landscape. The earthworks survive as distinctive ridged and furrowed features across the hillside, preserving evidence of historical land division and cultivation methods. This monument provides important archaeological testimony to the development of the agricultural landscape and land tenure patterns in the Sussex Weald during the medieval and early modern periods.

Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002283. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole?

Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole is a complex of agricultural terraces and field boundaries located in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002283.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole?

Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole 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 1002283.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle (5.3 km), Round barrow NW of Mill Hill (6 km), Heathy Brow round barrows (6 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 Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole

Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Earthworks and lynchets on Buckland Bank and Buckland Hole

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~1.8 miles