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Strip lynchet system north of Cotley Hill is a medieval agricultural monument consisting of a series of terraced field strips that characterize the open-field farming system of the medieval period. The lynchets, which form distinctive linear banks and terraces across the landscape, represent the accumulated soil created by centuries of ploughing along the contours of sloping ground, a practice typical of medieval arable agriculture in southern England. This system reflects the communal organisation of farming in the medieval period, when peasant holdings were worked as long narrow strips distributed among the open fields of a manorial estate. The survival of these earthwork features north of Cotley Hill provides important evidence for understanding the agricultural practices and field arrangements of medieval Wiltshire.
Strip lynchet system north of Cotley Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009937. View the official record →
Strip lynchet system north of Cotley Hill is a medieval agricultural monument consisting of a series of terraced field strips that characterize the open-field farming system of the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009937.
Strip lynchet system north of Cotley Hill 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 1009937.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning (7.6 km), Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Strip lynchet system north of Cotley Hill'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 Cotley Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.