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Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall is a group of agricultural terraces located in Westmorland. These earthwork features represent strip lynchets, a form of cultivation terrace created through prolonged ploughing on sloping ground, which resulted in the gradual accumulation of soil on the downslope side. The terraces are characteristic of medieval or later agricultural practice, reflecting the intensive use of marginal upland terrain. The monuments survive as parallel linear banks running across the hillside, preserving evidence of past land management systems in this region.
Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007100. View the official record →
Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall is a group of agricultural terraces located in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007100.
Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall 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 1007100.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wharton Hall, gatehouse, banqueting hall and kitchen (0.3 km), Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Wharton Hall (0.3 km), Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Lammerside Castle (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall'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.
Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.