Monument record MDO1436 - Medieval strip lynchets, Litton Cheney

Field Systems plotted from air photographs. <1>

Strip lynchets: On a N.W. slope are four terraces about 370 yards long, a further two terraces on a N.E slope, and short lengths of six terraces on an E slope. <2>

A: SY 54589109; B: SY 54839092; C: SY 55049104 All the areas are grass, or grass and tree covered. In areas A and C the lynchets are set in a NNE-SSW direction, closely spaced and parallel. In area B the lynchets are set in a NW-SE direction. The terraces formed are from 10.0 to 20.0m wide, and the lynchets from 0.5m to 2.5m high.<3>

Medieval field system comprising medieval lynchets and terraces, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs <4>.

<1> Atkinson, R J C, 1949, spec 6 inch (RJCA 1.3.49) (Map). SWX1583.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 137 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(22) Lynchets (Plate 70), immediately N. of the village, form five systems. (a), 400 yards N.E. of the church, occupies an E. slope and consists of eight well-preserved terraces varying in width from 8 to 19 yards. The second system (b) is at right angles to (a) and at an angle with the contours; there are six terraces about 20 yards wide. (c), 400 yards to the W. of (a), is on a N.W. slope and consists of four terraces about 370 yards long following the contours. (d), 200 yards S.W. of (c), has two terraces on a N.E. slope. (e), immediately W. of (d), consists of short lengths of six terraces on an E. slope.'

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 02-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> 02-APR-1969, NMR OS/69053 010-11 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11102.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/088 RCHME Inventory: Dorset I (West) and Revision (Unpublished document). SDO17367.

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB71/06886 (Index). SDO14738.

LYNCHETS QUARTER OF A MILE NORTH-EAST OF THE CHURCH

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB71/06887 (Index). SDO14738.

LYNCHETS QUARTER OF A MILE NORTH-EAST OF THE CHURCH

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB71/06888 (Index). SDO14738.

LYNCHETS NORTH OF THE VILLAGE

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451491 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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