Monument record MDO5380 - Strip lynchets in Launch Wood, Woolland

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Summary

Strip lynchets in woodland, thought to be part of the open fields around the deserted village of Chitcombe. In 1970 it was reported that at least two of these lynchets survived as distinct earthwork terraces.

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  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 316.

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Location

Grid reference ST 777 066 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Woolland; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 074 006 B
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Woolland 6

Record last edited

Nov 28 2014 11:14AM

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