Monument record MDO161 - Medieval strip lynchets on Storridge Hill, Beaminster

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Summary

Medieval strip lynchets in three broad terraces on the south slope of Storridge Hill. The features were digitally plotted from aerial photographs during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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(1) '(66) LYNCHETS, on the S. slope of Storridge Hill, S.W. of (57), form three broad terraces.' Medieval strip lynchets in three broad terraces on the south slope of Storridge Hill. The features were digitally plotted from aerial photographs (2) during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 3397-8.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 27.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 4955 0036 (437m by 188m) (6 map features)
Map sheet ST40SE
Civil Parish Beaminster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 007 066
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 40 SE 35
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Beaminster 66

Record last edited

May 4 2016 9:14AM

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