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Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn

England

List entry 1004739

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1004739

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

4.74 hectares

Grid reference

SU 06323 64874

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn is an ancient monument comprising ridge and furrow earthworks and associated field boundaries located in Wiltshire. The site represents medieval agricultural organisation, with the ridge and furrow patterns indicating the open field system of cultivation that was characteristic of the medieval period in England. The survival of these earthwork features demonstrates the historical land use and farming practices of the medieval community in this locality. Such field systems are valuable archaeological evidence for understanding medieval settlement patterns and the organisation of agricultural land in the English countryside.

Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004739. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn?

Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn is an ancient monument comprising ridge and furrow earthworks and associated field boundaries located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004739.

Who is responsible for protecting Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn?

Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn 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 1004739.

What other scheduled monuments are near Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (2.2 km), Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm (4.8 km), Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill (5.1 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

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.

Spotlight

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site

2.2 km

Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm

4.8 km

Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill

5.1 km

Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors

The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden

7.2 km

Medieval village site

7.4 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn

Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn

West Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~2.9 miles Silbury HillArchaeological site · ~3.2 miles AveburyArchaeological site · ~4 miles MildenhallRoman town · ~9.9 miles Battle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~3.2 miles

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