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Field system on Wylye Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The system comprises a series of lynchets and field boundaries that represent Bronze Age or Iron Age cultivation practices, reflecting the organized division and exploitation of the downland for cereal production. The earthworks survive as banks and terraces marking the division of arable land, demonstrating the intensity of prehistoric agriculture in this region. Such field systems are characteristic of the intensification of farming during the later prehistoric period and provide important evidence for settlement patterns and land use on Salisbury Plain.
Field system on Wylye Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004698. View the official record →
Field system on Wylye Down is a prehistoric agricultural landscape situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004698.
Field system on Wylye 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 1004698.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house (8.1 km), Two chalk military badges 380m and 550m west of Sheep Well (9.1 km), Buxbury round barrow, Buxbury Hill (9.1 km).
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