Parallel linear banks are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs where they can be seen following the contour of the south and west facing slopes of The Crofts Down, Sydling St Nicholas. The features are probably medieval lynchets and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.
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'd(37) LYNCHETS, 200 to 300 yards E. of Up Sydling, form terraces on a S.W. slope.' (1)
Parallel linear banks are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs where they can be seen following the contour of the south and west facing slopes of The Crofts Down, Sydling St Nicholas (2). The features are probably medieval lynchets and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.
The features are still visible on Google Earth imagery.
Sources/Archives (2)
<1> SDO97
Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 236.
<2> SDO17070
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-47. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2380-1.
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ST 631 014 (point) (15 map features)
Map sheet
ST60SW
Civil Parish
Sydling St Nicholas; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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None recorded
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Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 110 037
Record last edited
Feb 24 2021 9:56AM
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