Monument record MDO4457 - Lynchets in Lower Lodge Plantation, Milton Abbas

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Summary

Medieval cultivation remains in the form of earthwork terraces running along the contour. Reported as the well-preserved remains of sixteen lynchets arranged in three end-on furlongs with risers up to 15 feet high.

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Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 199.

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Location

Grid reference ST 796 017 (point) Centred on
Map sheet ST70SE
Civil Parish Milton Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 040 025 B
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Milton Abbas 25

Record last edited

Oct 19 2016 3:55PM

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