Monument record MDO1463 - Medieval strip lynchets, Knowl Hill, Loders

Lynchets form five groups of terraces about KNOWLE HILL … b) c) and d) to the N. of the hill consist of four two and five terraces respectively following the slope of the hill and turning W at the N end. The terraces are from 13 to 44 ft wide. e) To the extreme W, consists two terraces on a N slope extending for about 120 yds, each about 48 ft wide. <1>

Centred at [SY50259345] TI correct [Field report partially contained on Dorset 38NE15] these lynchets are largely portrayed on OS 6" of 1931. They average 3.5m in an almost vertical drop. They are approx parallel and are partly grass and partly scrub and tree covered. See APs CPE/UK/2431/3159-3160. <2>

[C: Centred at SY 50459315] Three areas of grass covered Md. strip lynchets visible on AP CPE/UK/2431/3159-3160. … C: Several terraces 5.0m - 10.0m wide, the drop between each averaging 1.7m. <3>

A series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the east facing slopes of Knowl Hill, Loders. <4-5>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 140 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(18) LYNCHETS on the E. and part of the N. slopes of Knowl Hill, ¾ m. S.E. of the church. Group (a) form three terraces about 340 yards long, following the contours of a spur on the E. slope; the terraces vary from 18 to 36 ft. wide. Groups (b, c and d), to the N. of (a) consist of four, two and five terraces respectively following the E. slope of the hill and turning W. at the N. end; the terraces vary from 13 to 44 ft. in width. The lengths of the three groups are 300, 180 and 200 yards respectively. Group (e), to the W. of the W. end of (d), consists of two terraces on the N. slope, 48 ft. wide and extending for about 120 yards.’

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 02-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 06-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> 06-OCT-2000, NMR SY 5093/9-10 (18963/05-6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11379.

<5> 21-APR-2006, D0060472 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11377.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451292 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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