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Medieval field system is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising the surviving earthwork remains of open field agriculture practised during the medieval period. The site preserves ridge and furrow cultivation patterns characteristic of the strip-field farming system that dominated much of England's agricultural landscape from the Anglo-Saxon period through the medieval centuries. These linear earthwork ridges, formed by repeated ploughing and the accumulation of soil between strips worked by individual tenants, represent a significant phase in the development of English rural settlement and land management. The monument exemplifies the intensive exploitation of arable land that supported the manorial economy and demonstrates the physical legacy of medieval agrarian practice still visible in the Wiltshire countryside.
Medieval field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004734. View the official record →
Medieval field system is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising the surviving earthwork remains of open field agriculture practised during the medieval period.
Medieval field system 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 1004734.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 190m north east of Burton Farm (0.8 km), Mere Castle (1.5 km), Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval field system'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.
Medieval field system stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.