Monument record MDO2487 - Strip lynchets, Coker's Frome, Stinsford

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Summary

A series of five parallel strip lynchets or field boundaries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, they are probably of medieval date.

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Full Description

A series of five parallel strip lynchets and field boundaries of probable medieval date. They are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of Cocker's Frome Farm. {1-2}

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3028-30.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3127-8.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 257.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 701 917 (758m by 497m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY79SW
Civil Parish Stinsford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 105 012

Record last edited

Feb 24 2017 4:57PM

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