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Field system on Brading Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape comprising strip lynchets and associated earthworks located on the Isle of Wight. The system dates to the Iron Age and represents an important archaeological record of ancient land division and cultivation practices in southern Britain. The lynchets, formed through repeated ploughing along contours, create visible linear terraces across the downland slope and demonstrate the sophisticated agricultural management employed by Iron Age communities. The field system's preservation as earthwork remains contributes significantly to understanding settlement patterns and subsistence strategies during the later prehistoric period.
Field system on Brading Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016721. View the official record →
Field system on Brading Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape comprising strip lynchets and associated earthworks located on the Isle of Wight. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016721.
Field system on Brading Down 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 1016721.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church (2.3 km), Bembridge Fort (2.8 km), Sandown Barrack Battery (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system on Brading Down'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.
Field system on Brading Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.