Monument record MDO37751 - Medieval strip lynchets, Whitecross, Netherbury

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Summary

Parallel lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery at Orchard Hill, Whitecross. Fragments of five linears run roughly east-west, they are considered likely to be the remains of medieval strip cultivation. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Parallel lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery at Orchard Hill, Whitecross (1-2). Fragments of five linears run roughly east-west, they are considered likely to be the remains of medieval strip cultivation. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-NOV-1971. RAF RAF/39/3829 0227-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. sy4699_dtm_1m.asc.

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Location

Grid reference SY 46715 99290 (point) (101 map features)
Map sheet SY49NE
Civil Parish Netherbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2019 2:47PM

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