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Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve is a series of medieval agricultural terraces located in Wiltshire, England. These linear earthworks represent the physical evidence of strip farming practices employed during the medieval period, when land was worked in long, narrow parcels by peasant farmers. The lynchets themselves, formed through centuries of ploughing along contour lines on sloping ground, create distinctive stepped ridges in the landscape that remain clearly visible today. This monument demonstrates the intensive land management and communal agricultural systems that characterised the medieval English countryside.
Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019383. View the official record →
Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve is a series of medieval agricultural terraces located in Wiltshire, England. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve'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 lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.