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Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of narrow, parallel strips of cultivated land with distinctive banks between them. Strip lynchets are characteristic features of medieval agricultural practice, formed through repeated ploughing along hillsides where the accumulation of soil against the lower edge of each furrow created visible terraces over time. This example, located in Wiltshire, dates to the medieval period and represents the open-field farming system that dominated English rural landscapes from the Anglo-Saxon period through the medieval centuries. The survival of such earthwork remains provides important archaeological evidence for understanding the development of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the region.
Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017302. View the official record →
Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of narrow, parallel strips of cultivated land with distinctive banks between them. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017302.
Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm 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 1017302.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods (9.3 km), Round barrow on the summit of Cotley Hill (9.4 km), Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill (9.6 km).
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