Monument record MDO3432 - Lynchets, Winterbourne Steepleton

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Summary

A series of medieval lynchets visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and LIDAR in fields to the south of Winterborne Steepleton village.

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Full Description

A series of Medieval lynchets visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1-2}and LIDAR {3} in fields to the south of Winterborne Steepleton village. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. The lynchets are also visible as earthworks on an oblique aerial photograph taken by Francesca Radcliffe on 15 November 1991. (4)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5093-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 3067-9.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 24-1-2008. LIDAR D0089655.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Radcliffe, F M. Oblique aerial photographs. FR80/6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6278 8965 (440m by 282m) (12 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 133 085

Record last edited

Jan 2 2021 3:39PM

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