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Field system on Penning Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape located in Wiltshire. The monument comprises earthwork remains of a field system dating to the Bronze Age, demonstrating the organized land division and farming practices of that period. The fields are defined by banks and lynchets visible as linear earthworks across the downland, representing an important example of prehistoric land use and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire chalk landscape. Such field systems provide significant evidence for understanding Bronze Age agricultural economy and the management of cultivated land during the second millennium BC.
Field system on Penning Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010254. View the official record →
Field system on Penning Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010254.
Field system on Penning 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 1010254.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down (7.7 km), White Barrow, a long barrow (8.2 km), Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system on Penning 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 Penning Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.