Monument record MDO4337 - Strip lynchets, East Melbury, Melbury Abbas

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Summary

A series of well-defined medieval strip field earthworks on Zig Zag Hill, northeast of East Melbury.

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Centred at ST 894207. The south-west facing re-entrant above East Melbury has a number of well defined medieval strip lynchets. These are set in NE-SW, and N-S directions to follow the contours. The lynchets are from 1.0m. to 2.0m high and from 7.0m to 12.0m wide. The area is one of rough pasture. <1> Visible on RAF air photographs. <2>

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 24-JAN-56.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 29-OCT-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1811 3080-81.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 206522.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 8934 2072 (304m by 198m)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Melbury Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 038 019
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 82 SE 46
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 206522

Record last edited

Sep 16 2022 4:55PM

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