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Field system on Stoke Down

England
List entry 1004710
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004710
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
9.23 hectares
Grid reference
SU 05250 26928
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Field system on Stoke Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape located in Wiltshire, England. The monument comprises a series of small rectangular fields, known as Celtic fields or lynchets, which represent the cultivation practices of Iron Age and Romano-British communities. These field systems are characterised by banks and ditches that define individual plot boundaries, evidence of the systematic organization of agricultural land during the later prehistoric period. The survival of such earthworks on Stoke Down provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding subsistence farming practices and land use patterns in southern England during the later Iron Age and Roman occupation.

Field system on Stoke Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004710. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Field system on Stoke Down?

Field system on Stoke Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004710.

Who is responsible for protecting Field system on Stoke Down?

Field system on Stoke 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 1004710.

What other scheduled monuments are near Field system on Stoke Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 120m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill (8.8 km), Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down (8.9 km), Barrow W of village (9.2 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 120m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
8.8 km
Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
8.9 km
Barrow W of village
9.2 km
Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin Down
9.5 km
Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm
9.6 km
Celtic fields on Pentridge Down
9.6 km
Barrow on Pentridge Down
9.7 km
Soldier's Ring
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Field system on Stoke Down

Field system on Stoke Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Field system on Stoke Down

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~6.3 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~10.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~23.9 miles
Domesday entry for Fifield, Wiltshire →
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