Monument record MDO39098 - Medieval strip lynchets, Waddon Hill, Stoke Abbott

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Summary

Parallel linear scarps on the southeast slopes of Waddon Hill, Stoke Abbott, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. These are considered to represent medieval strip lynchets. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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Parallel linear scarps on the southeast slopes of Waddon Hill, Stoke Abbott, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). These are considered to represent medieval strip lynchets. The lynchets are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1075 FP 1082-3.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2006. Google Earth vertical photograph.

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Location

Grid reference ST 44973 01435 (point)
Map sheet ST40SW
Civil Parish Stoke Abbott; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 1:45PM

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