Monument record MDO1465 - Medieval strip lynchets, Knowl Hill, Yondover, Powerstock

A series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the north side of Knowl Hill, Yondover. They were digitally plotted from aerial photographs and lidar imagery during the Marshwood Vale NMP project.

A series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the north facing slopes of Knowl Hill, Loders. {1}
The features were digitally plotted from aerial photographs and lidar imagery during the Marshwood Vale NMP project. (3-5)

<1> 21-APR-2006, D0060472 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11377.

<2> 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.’

<3> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy4934nw_dtm_50cm.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

<4> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4160-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14142.

<5> National Monuments Record, 06-OCT-2000, NMR 188883/21-3 (SY4993/5-7) (Aerial Photograph). SDO14144.

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Aug 22 2024 2:15PM