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Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury

England
List entry 1010050
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010050
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.42 hectares
Grid reference
SU 14280 53046
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury is a group of medieval agricultural earthworks located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a series of narrow, parallel ridge-and-furrow formations characteristic of strip-field cultivation systems that were worked during the medieval period. These earthworks represent the physical remains of open-field farming practices, where arable land was divided into long, narrow strips allocated to individual peasant cultivators. The lynchets, formed through centuries of ploughing along the same line, demonstrate the intensive agricultural management of the medieval English countryside and survive as important evidence of the landscape's transformation during this period.

Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010050. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury?

Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury is a group of medieval agricultural earthworks located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010050.

Who is responsible for protecting Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury?

Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury 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 1010050.

What other scheduled monuments are near Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 25m north of The Cursus (9.8 km), Long barrow 450m WSW of Woodhenge (9.8 km), Pond barrow 30m north of The Cursus (9.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 25m north of The Cursus
9.8 km
Long barrow 450m WSW of Woodhenge
9.8 km
Pond barrow 30m north of The Cursus
9.8 km
Three bowl barrows 40m north of The Cursus
9.9 km
Two bowl barrows 30m north of The Cursus
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 170m south east of Strangways on Countess Farm
10 km
Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess Farm
10 km
Bowl barrow 300m north of A344, south west of the Lesser Cursus
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury

Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~9.1 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~9.9 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~10.8 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.1 miles
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