Monument record MDO1466 - New Road Farm, medieval strip lynchets, Loders

Area A centred at [SY50399326] Area B centred at [SY50809357] Area A is correctly described in TI. The lynchets
are pronounced, grass covered and parallel. Area B. A few contour following and fairly pronounced strip
lynchets partly under grass and partly hedge and scrub covered. See AP CPE/UK/2431/3159-3160. <2>

A series of medieval strip lynchets are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the east of New Road, Loders. <3-5>

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

'(19) LYNCHETS on the W. slope of the hill, on the E. side of New Road and about 1m. S.E. of the church, form three terraces, the lowest 60 and the others 36 ft. wide. They extend for about 180 yards'.

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 Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 02-MAY-55 (Unpublished document).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

<3> 18-SEP-2007, NMR SY 5092/3 (24725/19) (Aerial Photograph). SDO11380.

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

<5> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4159-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11378.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451299 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 22 2024 2:15PM