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West Leaze is a medieval settlement with associated ridge and furrow earthworks located in Wiltshire. The site preserves evidence of open field agriculture characteristic of the medieval period, with the ridge and furrow pattern representing the arable strips worked by the settled community. The settlement itself is documented as a medieval occupation, with the surviving earthworks providing archaeological testimony to the layout and organisation of a rural medieval farmstead and its surrounding cultivated landscape. The monument remains significant as a physical record of medieval agricultural practice and settlement patterns in the English Midlands and southern regions during the high medieval period.
Medieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West Leaze is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016361. View the official record →
West Leaze is a medieval settlement with associated ridge and furrow earthworks located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016361.
Medieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West Leaze 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 1016361.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle Farm (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Berwick Bassett Clump (9.3 km), Bowl barrow 630m north east of Wick Bottom Barn (9.3 km).
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