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Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn is a scheduled ancient monument consisting of a series of linear earthworks characteristic of medieval open-field agriculture. The lynchets, visible as a sequence of terraced strips running across the landscape, represent the cultivated ridges and furrows created through repeated ploughing of arable land during the medieval period, likely dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such features are typical of the strip field systems that dominated English agricultural practice before enclosure, with the lynchets formed by soil accumulation along field boundaries over generations of working. The monument survives as a significant archaeological record of medieval farming practices and land organization in the Wiltshire landscape.
Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016902. View the official record →
Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn is a scheduled ancient monument consisting of a series of linear earthworks characteristic of medieval open-field agriculture.
Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn 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 1016902.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow 1/4 mile (400m) NW of Willoughby Hedge (3 km), Oval barrow on Keysley Down, 1040m NNE of Chapel Field Barn (3.4 km), Barrow on The Warren (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Medieval strip lynchets 280m west of Hill Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.