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Strip lynchets north of Chisman's Cleeve is a system of medieval agricultural terraces located in Wiltshire. The earthworks consist of a series of parallel banks and furrows created through the repeated ploughing of sloping ground, a characteristic feature of open-field strip cultivation practised during the medieval period. Such lynchets typically developed over centuries of continuous agricultural use and represent the fossilised landscape of medieval farming practices. The surviving earthworks preserve evidence of the field systems and land management strategies employed by medieval rural communities in this part of Wiltshire.
Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010257. View the official record →
Strip lynchets north of Chisman's Cleeve is a system of medieval agricultural terraces located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010257.
Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve 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 1010257.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on the south east corner of Larkhill Race Course (9.9 km), Bowl barrow in Robin Hood Ball Clump (10.2 km), Round barrow south of Robin Hood Ball Clump (10.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve'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.
Strip lynchet system north of Chisman's Cleeve stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.