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Mayfield strip lynchets is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of medieval agricultural terraces located in Staffordshire. The lynchets represent the physical remains of strip field cultivation practices employed during the medieval period, whereby successive ploughing of sloping land created distinctive terraced ridges and furrows. These earthworks survive as an important archaeological record of medieval farming techniques and land use patterns. The monument demonstrates the intensive agricultural management of the medieval landscape in this region.
Mayfield strip lynchets is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002963. View the official record →
Mayfield strip lynchets is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of medieval agricultural terraces located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002963.
Mayfield strip lynchets 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 1002963.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes (3.3 km), Calwich Low bowl barrow (3.5 km), Moated site 60m west of Edlaston Hall (3.8 km).
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