Monument record MDO7723 - Medieval field system, Kimmeridge

Parallel cultivation marks associated with a medieval field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Kimmeridge.

Centred SY 930800. Field systems. Pronounced lynchets are visible in the areas SY 934796, SY 936802, SY 920798, SY 924798 and SY 926794. <1> SY 925798-936795. Traces of 'Celtic' fields in the vicinity of Smedmore Hill extend over some 80 acres in an area rich in Iron Age and Romano-British remains. An almost certain relationship is now visible around the settlemnt (SY 97 NW 28). Strip lynchets and later narrow rig have contributed largely to the destruction of the fields. Medieval strip fields occur as follows: … 'E' SY 920798. Strip lynchets belonging to Kimmeridge village. E, 'F' and 'G' are of marked up-and-down form, with treads 5 yards to 23 yards wide and risers as much as 5 feet high. <2> Parallel cultivation marks associated with a medieval field system are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of Kimmeridge <3-8>. Although partially plough levelled, most of the lynchets are still extant on the most recent Google Earth imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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Jul 5 2024 7:32PM