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Field system on Penning Down

A Scheduled Monument in Easterton, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2945 / 51°17'40"N

Longitude: -1.9408 / 1°56'26"W

OS Eastings: 404224.127323

OS Northings: 155044.70199

OS Grid: SU042550

Mapcode National: GBR 3X0.VHH

Mapcode Global: VHB4P.9QVH

Entry Name: Field system on Penning Down

Scheduled Date: 13 March 1990

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1010254

English Heritage Legacy ID: 10001

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Easterton

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Details

A field system of eroded banks and lynchets on an east facing slope. The
northern part has been badly damaged by ploughing but the southern part
remains extant with lynchets c.0.75m - 1m high.

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Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

The most complete and extensive survival of chalk downland archaeological
remains in central southern England occurs on Salisbury Plain, particularly in
those areas lying within the Salisbury Plain Training Area. These remains
represent one of the few extant archaeological "landscapes" in Britain and are
considered to be of special significance because they differ in character from
those in other areas with comparable levels of preservation. Individual sites
on Salisbury Plain are seen as being additionally important because the
evidence of their direct association with each other survives so well.
Well preserved prehistoric field systems are rare nationally. They provide
important evidence of a carefully planned reorganisation of landscape and
definition of landholdings. The examples in the Salisbury Plain Training Area
are some of the best surviving nationally, and their articulation with other
contemporary archaeological features, such as land boundaries and enclosures,
makes them worthy of scheduling.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)

Source: Historic England

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