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Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common is a scheduled ancient monument consisting of a series of narrow, parallel ridges and furrows formed by medieval plough agriculture. These earthworks, visible as a distinctive corrugated pattern across the common, date to the medieval period and represent the remnants of open field cultivation. The lynchets were created through repeated ploughing of long narrow strips of land, which gradually built up ridges as soil accumulated and moved downslope over centuries of agricultural practice. The monument survives as an important physical record of the medieval farming system and the historical landscape use of Stopsley Common near Luton.
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 consisting of a series of narrow, parallel ridges and furrows formed by medieval plough agriculture. 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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