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Field system on West Lavington Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape in Wiltshire comprising lynchets and field divisions that date to the Iron Age or earlier Bronze Age periods. The system demonstrates the organization of arable and pastoral land in the downland environment, with terraced fields created through prolonged ploughing and erosion on the sloping terrain. The monument reflects the intensification of land use during the later prehistoric period and provides evidence of settlement patterns and subsistence strategies in the Wessex region during this era. The surviving earthworks, though modified by subsequent agricultural activity, remain a significant record of ancient field management practices on the chalk downlands of southern England.
Field system on West Lavington Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009976. View the official record →
Field system on West Lavington Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape in Wiltshire comprising lynchets and field divisions that date to the Iron Age or earlier Bronze Age periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009976.
Field system on West Lavington 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 1009976.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deptford Down round barrow (8.6 km), Codford Circle hilltop enclosure (8.6 km), Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle (8.8 km).
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