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Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall is a series of medieval agricultural terraces located in Westmorland. These earthwork features represent strip lynchets, formed through repeated ploughing along hillsides, a characteristic method of cultivation in medieval open-field agriculture. The monument demonstrates the landscape management practices employed in the medieval period, with the terraced formations visible as linear banks running across the topography. Such features are diagnostic of intensive arable farming techniques practised across northern England during the medieval centuries.
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 series of medieval 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).
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