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The strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve are a scheduled ancient monument representing medieval agricultural terracing in Wiltshire. These features consist of a series of parallel linear earthworks created through ploughing practices that accumulated soil on hillsides, forming distinct ridge-and-furrow patterns characteristic of medieval arable farming. The lynchets demonstrate the intensive land use of the medieval period, when such terraced cultivation systems were employed on sloping ground to maximize agricultural productivity and control soil erosion. The site exemplifies the landscape transformation undertaken during the high medieval period, when expansionist farming practices reshaped the chalk downlands of southern England.
Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019383. View the official record →
The strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve are a scheduled ancient monument representing medieval agricultural terracing in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019383.
Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve 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 1019383.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road (6.9 km), Bowl barrow 700m south east of Field Barn (7.1 km), Bowl barrow 200m south-west of Keysley Farm (7.2 km).
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