Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLynch Farm complex

Lynch Farm complex

England
List entry 1006822
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006822
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
42.78 hectares
Grid reference
TL 14554 97509
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lynch Farm complex is a Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement located in Huntingdonshire. The site comprises evidence of occupation spanning from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age, with archaeological investigation revealing structural remains and artefactual material indicative of sustained settlement activity. The monument's significance lies in its contribution to understanding early agricultural communities and their land use patterns in the East Anglian region during these formative periods of British prehistory. The site remains an important record of prehistoric settlement development in Huntingdonshire, preserved as a scheduled ancient monument.

Lynch Farm complex is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006822. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lynch Farm complex?

Lynch Farm complex is a Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement located in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006822.

Who is responsible for protecting Lynch Farm complex?

Lynch Farm complex 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 1006822.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lynch Farm complex?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery 330m east of Linden Lea (1.4 km), Settlement SE of Orton Waterville (2.5 km), Settlement areas SW of Orton Longueville (3 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lynch Farm complex

Lynch Farm complex stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.