Monument record MDO42964 - Medieval strip lynchets, Sydling St Nicholas

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Summary

Narrow curvilinear banks and scarps are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery on the west side of Sydling St Nicholas. The features may be historic field boundaries or lynchets of probable medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Full Description

Narrow curvilinear banks and scarps are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery on the west side of Sydling St Nicholas (1, 2). The features may be historic field boundaries or lynchets of probable medieval date. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The northernmost linear bank is no longer visible on current Google Earth imagery.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-47. RAF/CPE/UK/1794 RP 3378-9.
  • <2> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 236.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6298 9870 (point) (147 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Sydling St Nicholas; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 110 035 A
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Sydling St Nicholas 35

Record last edited

Dec 8 2020 11:03AM

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