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Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods is a medieval field system preserved as earthworks in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a series of strip lynchets, which are narrow terraced strips created through long-term ploughing and soil accumulation on sloping ground, a characteristic feature of open-field agriculture practised during the medieval period. Such systems represent the physical manifestation of communal farming arrangements and land tenure patterns that dominated the English countryside from the Anglo-Saxon period through to the early modern era. The preservation of these earthworks provides archaeological evidence for understanding medieval agricultural organisation and land use in the region.
Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010089. View the official record →
Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods is a medieval field system preserved as earthworks in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010089.
Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods 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 1010089.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond (6.9 km), Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork (7.1 km), Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning (7.3 km).
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