Monument record MDO1171 - Medieval field system on Notton Down, Frampton

The lynchets in Lanchards Plantation are pronounced, from 2.0 to 4.0 metres high, the terraces between them averaging 10.0 metres wide. They do not quite follow the contours, and have a downward slope towards the north-west.Cultivation does not appear to have extended eastward of the plantation, the lynchets fading into the natural slope at the plantation boundary.

Widely spaced strip lynchets from 1.0 to 2.0 metres high, are visible in the pasture area immediately north-west of the plantation. These lynchets are all of Medieval type. <2>

These lynchets remain as described above <2>. <3>

A medieval field system comprising strip lynchets and terraces surviving as earthworks and cropmarks visible on aerial photographs <4-5>. The lynchets situated within Lanchards Plantation are between 2-4 metres in height, the terraces between them averaging 10 metres wide. Widely spaced strip lynchets, from 1-2 metres high, are visible in the pasture area immediately northwest of the plantation <6>. They are likely to be contemporary with the deserted medieval settlement (MDO21672) located just to the north-east at Southover.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 117 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(25) LYNCHETS on a N.W. slope, in and beyond Lanchard's Plantation about ¾ m. W.S.W. of the church. The system extends for about 300 yards and is well defined.'

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 21-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 08-APR-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> 13-APR-1984, NMR OS/84029 138-40 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11220.

<5> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3270-72 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11188.

<6> Dorset Ridgeway Monument Reports (Digital archive). SDO11007.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453585 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 22 2024 4:03PM