Monument record MDO37772 - Historic lynchets, Mapperton Farm, Beauminster

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Summary

A series of parallel lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to either side of a small coombe, west of Mapperton Farm. The features are considered to be medieval or later field boundaries, lynchets and trackways. They were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A series of parallel lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to either side of a small coombe, west of Mapperton Farm (1-2). The features are considered to be medieval or later field boundaries, lynchets and trackways. They were digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 13-APR-1984. OS OS/84024 021-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2014. Digital vertical aerial photographs. SY4999.ecw.

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Location

Grid reference SY 49087 99466 (point) (468 map features)
Map sheet SY49NE
Civil Parish Beaminster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2019 2:50PM

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