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Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of terraced cultivation ridges formed through medieval agricultural practice. The lynchets represent evidence of open field farming systems that were characteristic of the medieval period in the English Midlands and East Anglia, with the terracing created by repeated ploughing along contour lines on sloping ground. The monument survives as a series of parallel ridges and furrows visible across the common, demonstrating the labour-intensive cultivation methods employed by medieval peasant farmers. These earthworks are significant as physical testimony to the evolution of agricultural technology and land management practices during the medieval period.
Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1425022. View the official record →
Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of terraced cultivation ridges formed through medieval agricultural practice. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1425022.
Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common 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 1425022.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dray's Ditches (2.7 km), Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house (3 km), Neolithic enclosure known as Waulud's Bank (3.5 km).
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