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Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House is a linear earthwork of prehistoric or Romano-British date located in West Sussex. The monument consists of a ditch with associated bank, typical of field systems and territorial divisions of the Iron Age through Roman period. Such linear boundaries served practical functions in defining land holdings and regulating movement of livestock across the downland landscape. The feature forms part of the wider pattern of ancient field systems and boundaries recorded across the Sussex Downs, reflecting patterns of land use and settlement organisation during the later prehistoric and Romano-British periods.
Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018564. View the official record →
Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House is a linear earthwork of prehistoric or Romano-British date located in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018564.
Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House 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 1018564.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation (3.1 km), A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill (3.5 km), Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House'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.
Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.