Monument record MDO6603 - Strip Lynchets, west of Corfe Hill Farm, Weymouth

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Summary

Strip Lynchets, formerly in Radipole Parish, one 22 yard wide tread of which still remains.

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Strip Lynchets, formerly in Radipole Parish, one 22 yard wide tread of which still remains.{1} The remains of five parallel field boundaries comprising a medieval strip field system were visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs {2}. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 374.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4459-60.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6605 8190 (180m by 168m) (12 map features)
Map sheet SY68SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 393 A
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Weymouth 393

Record last edited

Oct 23 2014 12:38PM

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